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Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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Union General Sherman's march through Georgia captured numerous towns, resources, and prisoners while destroying Confederate infrastructure, with minimal Union losses.
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What he Captured.
Correspondents with Sherman's army continue to furnish particulars of his great march through Georgia. The result of it is as follows : The fruits of the campaign may be summed up in the following estimate, which is very nearly correct: The army passed over forty-two of the finest grain-growing counties of the State, captured and occupied over two hundred county seats and villages, brought out about fifteen thousand negroes, ten or fifteen thousand head of horses and mules, some of them fine blooded stock ; burned two hundred and forty miles of railroad, all the bridges, every cotton gin, all the public buildings of service to the enemy, burned or bonded over $40,000,000 worth of cotton, captured over a million of rebel currency buried in the earth, and considerable gold and silver in small sums, about thirty pieces of artillery, several railroad trains and stores, a large amount of ammunition, sufficient cattle to furnish the army with fresh meat, about four thousand prisoners some of whom were paroled. Our only losses are five hundred prisoners from straggling and three or four hundred killed and wounded, including those in the Fort McAllister affair.
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Georgia
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union losses: 500 prisoners, 300-400 killed and wounded. captures: 15,000 negroes, 10,000-15,000 horses and mules, 30 pieces of artillery, 4,000 prisoners (some paroled), over $1,000,000 rebel currency, gold and silver, ammunition, cattle; destruction: 240 miles railroad, bridges, cotton gins, public buildings, $40,000,000 cotton.
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Sherman's army marched through 42 grain-growing counties, captured and occupied over 200 county seats and villages, brought out 15,000 negroes, 10,000-15,000 horses and mules, burned 240 miles of railroad, bridges, cotton gins, public buildings, burned or bonded $40,000,000 cotton, captured buried rebel currency over $1,000,000, gold and silver, 30 artillery pieces, railroad trains and stores, ammunition, cattle for fresh meat, 4,000 prisoners.