Timeline December 1864

Events in December 1864 4

• 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Union army devastates Georgia William T. Sherman led Union forces on a destructive march from Atlanta to Savannah, deliberately targeting infrastructure and supplies to break Southern will to fight. The campaign ended with the capture of Savannah in December.
• 1864 – 1946 William S. Hart (1864-1946) American actor and director, the first great cowboy star of silent film.
• 1864 William S. Hart born in Newburgh William S. Hart is born in Newburgh.
• 1864 Battle of Nashville Union army destroys Confederate Army of Tennessee Union forces under George Thomas decisively defeated John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee outside Nashville. The battle effectively destroyed one of the Confederacy's two main field armies.