Following Sherman's March on Google Earth
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Using the Google Earth link answer one of the questions below:
- Compare ten different Union accounts and tell how they are similar and different (at least two from each state).
- Compare ten different Confederate accounts and tell how they are similar and different (at least two from each state).
- Compare ALL of the accounts from ONE state and tell how they are similar or different.
Each response should be at least one page, double spaced.
The locations and dates are listed below the map.
Blue Markers=Union Accounts
Grey Markers=Confederate Accounts
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Georgia Accounts
- Union
Lovejoy September 4, 1864
Atlanta September 12, 1864
Allatoona October 9, 1864
Kingston November 9, 1864
Madison November 19, 1864
Savannah December 24, 1864
- Confederate
Milledgeville November 25, 1864
Savannah December 17, 1864
Midway January 7-11, 1865
Savannah January 21, 1865
South Carolina
Accounts
- Union
Salkehatchie January 30, 1865
South Carolina ca. 1865
Columbia February 17, 1865
S.C./N.C. Border March 8, 1865
South Carolina ca. 1865
- Confederate
Orangeburg February 9, 1865
S.C./N.C. Border February 27, 1865
Columbia February 23, 1865
Columbia March 2, 1865
Camden March 4, 1865
North Carolina
Accounts
- Union
Rockingham March 7, 1865
Sneedsborough March 7, 1865
Fayetteville March 12, 1865
Goldsboro April 4, 1865
Raleigh April 28, 1865
- Confederate
Fayetteville March 22, 1865
Fayetteville July 31, 1865
Halifax March 21, 1865
Averasboro April 12, 1865
Hillsborough April 25, 1865