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l\ie vs. Gray 



The Civil War proved catastrophic for Georgia as 

 well as the other Southern states that belonged to the 

 Confederacy. Georgia had voted to secede from the 

 Union on January 19, 1861. The principal food and 

 supply source to the Southern armies, Georgia also sent 

 94 regiments and 34 battalions into the War Between 

 the States. The War, in turn, brought much destruction 

 home to Georgia. In 1864, Union General William T. 

 Sherman burned Atlanta to the ground and led his 

 embittered march to the sea, which left in its path a 

 vast wake of destruction. 



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Sherman's advance, 1864 



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