Pictured: Union entrenchments before Nashville awaiting Hood's attack. General Pap Thomas beat him to the punch, routing the Confederate forces and destroying Hood's army and his career. Dec, 1864
Civil War December 1864: Attempt to burn Springfield Armory, Soldiers' Fair, Battles of Nashville, Fort Fisher and Sherman's March to the Sea
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General Sherman sent President Lincoln the following telegram on December 22:
“To his Excellency, President Lincoln,
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah with 150 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
W. T. Sherman
Maj-Genl”
Sherman’s latest victory followed that of Maj. Gen George H. Thomas who, by December 16th, had routed the Confederate Army of Tennessee, effectively ending the war in the Western Theater.
Marching Through Georgia - Historic Images and Song "Musicians (unconfirmed): Byron G. Harlan and Frank C. Stanley, 1904"
American Civil War December 1864
Dec 1864 US Civil War timeline
| December 4, 1864 | Battle of Waynesborough | Georgia |
| March to the Sea | ||
| December 6, 1864 | Salmon P. Chase named Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | |
| Salmon P. Chase | ||
| December 6, 1864 | Battle of Stoney Creek | Virginia |
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| December 13, 1864 | Union army captures Ft. McAllister | Georgia |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| March to the Sea | ||
| Fort McAllister | ||
| Fort McAllister | ||
| December 15, 1864 December 16, 1864 | Battle of Nashville | Tennessee |
| John Bell Hood | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| Nashville Campaign | ||
| December 21, 1864 | Sherman occupies Savannah | Georgia |
| March to the Sea | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman "Battle of Nashville" painted by Howard Pyle in 1907 |
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