dep wrote: > i knew that he had been terribly wounded at chickamauga, My great great grandfather survived both the Battle of the Wilderness and Gettysburg (My great great uncle survived Wilderness to die at Gettysburg). However, he died from wounds he recieved at Chicamauga three days after the battle... He was from Georgia and knew if Chicamauga fell, Atlanta and therefore Georgia would fall...(Atlanta was totally burned to the ground within a month of Chicamauga. Not a single building was left standing). Milledgeville burned within a month of Atlanta and Savannah burned within a month of Milledgeville. Sheridan lost a military aid at the Battle of Chicamauga who he considered his adopted son... He swore he would burn Georgia to the ground and he did. As Sheridan marched to the sea, he literally burned *everything* in his path and left nothing.... In Milledgeville, he turned the Episcopal church and the Catholic church in horse stables. He ordered his men to pour molasses down the pipes of the organs located in both churches. Upon leaving Milledgeville, Sheridan ordered both churches burned to the ground and any civilians shot who tried to stop it. Problem was, Washington was so far away and communications so bad, there was nobody to stop him. It was totally unnecessary and was, in fact, an act of vengence.
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