Lot 1176: Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822-1895) Fine American and European Furniture, Silver, Folk and Decorative Arts and Clocks

On the March to the Sea, 1868 Colored engraving published by L. Stebbins, Hartford, CT 24 7/8 x 40 3/8in (63.2 x 102.5cm)

63.2 x 102.5cm

The Civil War military campaign known as "Sherman's March to the Sea" was planned and led by Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman.In mid-November of 1864, Sherman and some 60,000 troops leftAtlanta, generated devastation against military and civilian property throughoutGeorgia, and then capturedSavannah on December 21st. The March destroyed the south's ability to continue to provide economic aid to the Confederate cause.