7. The March to the Sea (Sherman’s March, 1864)
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman led his troops on a relentless 285-mile march across Georgia, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Infrastructure was obliterated, supplies seized, and morale in the Confederacy shattered. Sherman’s strategy of total war inflicted not only physical devastation but also deep psychological wounds, signaling the inexorable advance of Union forces. Civil War Trust
