MCCWRT Discussion Group: Sherman's March to the Sea and Through the Carolinas-- Part 1

In February 2, the discussion group met at Panera Bread in Crystal Lake, Illinois and discussed the above topic.

Of course, as always, there were a fair number of off-topic discussions that took place.  But. what would a discussion be without off-topic.

Some of the things said:

**  The two Army Corps that were with Sherman with the most Eastern Regiments were the X and the XX Corps.

**  Sherman did not follow Hood on his westward move from Atlanta and instead marched through Georgia  where he was able to subsist his army despite the "Starving Confederacy".  This was in large par because of the degree of procuring that his foragers "bummers" were able to achieve.

**  The only major resistance to his March to the Sea took place at the Battle of Griswoldville.  This was a battle where a lot of the Confederates were militia.

**  Sherman's March to the Sea was easier than the March Through the Carolinas because in Georgia, the Union forces were able to follow rivers and in the Carolina's they had to cross them.

--Old Secesh