The Conquerors — Season 1, Episode 8: Sherman's March to the Sea

Episode synopsis

On November 15, 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman left Atlanta with 62,000 men and headed toward the Georgia coast. Traveling the rail lines to Savannah, his army laid waste to the countryside, burning crops, confiscating supplies, destroying buildings, and ripping up rail tracks. When Sherman reached his destination in December, the South had been dealt a blow from which it would never recover--and the brutal general had written a chapter in military history that would be studied by generations of commanders.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1William the Conqueror
• E2General William Howe - Conqueror of New York
• E3Andrew Jackson - Conqueror of Florida
• E4Cortés - Conqueror of Mexico
• E5John G. Freemont - Conqueror of California
• E6El Cid
• E7Marshal Zhukov - WWII Conqueror of Berlin
• E9Cromwell - Conqueror of Ireland
• E10King David
• E11Napoleon's Greatest Victory
• E12Caesar - Conqueror of Gaul
• E13Suleyman the Magnificent