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Sherman's March to the Sea Sherman's March to the Sea (also known as the Savannah Campaign) was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. His forces followed a "scorched earth" policy, destroying military targets as well as industry, infrastructure, and civilian property and disrupting the Confederacy's economy and its transportation networks. The operation broke the back of the Confederacy and helped lead to its eventual surrender. Sherman's bold move of operating deep within enemy territory and without supply lines is considered to be one of the major achievements of the war.
Atlanta mayoral election, 2017 The election was first certified on December 11, 2017, and showed Bottoms remain in the lead with 46,667, or 50.45 percent, and Norwood had 45,835, or 49.55 percent thus increasing her lead to 832 while still remaining below the 1 percent threshold needed to avoid a recount.[2] The recount, which occurred on December 14, 2017, showed that Norwood picked up five votes and Bottoms lost six in Fulton County, while DeKalb County remained the same.[3] The election was re-certified on December 17, 2017 after Fulton County accepted the new results.[4] Norwood officially conceded the race to Lance Bottoms on December 21, 2017.[5] Lance Bottoms was sworn in as the 60th Mayor of Atlanta, GA on January 2, 2018.