His plan was to travel to Savannah by way of Jasper County with the intent to bring the war up close and personal to the people living in the rural areas of the south. His men all liked him and thought he was smart and knew everything, although Sherman secretly admitted he ‘really didn’t know it all.’ Sherman’s army was huge and included an estimated 20,000 horses and 5,500 cows.
Both wings were ordered to arrive in Milledgeville in seven days. While preparing his men for their trip to Savannah, which was his second plan, Sherman heard that Hood was indeed headed toward Tennessee, and he then ordered his left wing to travel through Covington and his right wing would head toward McDonough. Little did he know that President Jefferson Davis and Major General John Bell Hood met in Macon to decide what to do to get that crazy Sherman out of Atlanta! Sherman’s first plan was to go to Alabama, and he wanted Hood to go in the opposite direction, to Tennessee, and be completely out of his way.
While in Atlanta, Sherman started planning his next move. Sherman, who had been dubbed crazy, was known to say of his nemesis General Ulysses Grant, who he developed a close friendship with, “he stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk.” At the beginning of the war Sherman was second in Command at a post in Kentucky but suffered a nervous breakdown while there and was relieved of his post and sent home to rest. He attended West Point with a military career in mind. He revealed that Sherman’s early life showed he was split from his very large family and was sent to live with a family member who was a politician. It is now the 150th Anniversary of Sherman’s March to the Sea via Jasper County, and Smith has become known for his extensive knowledge and research of the infamous General and some of his idiosyncrasies. Smith, who lives in Smithboro, remembers asking his grandmother about General Sherman, after graduating from UGA with a degree in American History and he was promptly told to ‘hush up’ because that part of history just wasn’t discussed openly. This path was known as “Sherman’s March to the Sea.” Larry Smith, a Monticello native and Civil War historian, was the featured speaker and shared some fascinating stories, not only about General Sherman but stories of some Jasper County families who were affected by Sherman’s Army in their path of destruction on their way to Savannah. The Jasper County Historical Foundation presented some little-known history of General Sherman and the Civil War at the fourth of their yearly open meetings last Thursday at Thomas Persons Hall. Shady Dale – This plantation community was heavily foraged on November 20, 1864, by the Federal 14th Corps, accompanied by General Sherman, while also liberating hundreds of jubilant slaves. The entire Right Wing passed through Hillsboro between November 19th and 21st. Hill, it was headquarters for the Federal 15th Corps the night of November 19, 1864, including for “Right Wing” commander, General Howard.
and later Confederate senator Benjamin H. Ocmulgee River – Historic Marker is on Georgia Highway 16 at CR170 in Jasper County – 3.8 miles West of the Courthouse Square
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Stop by the Visitors’ Center for a brochure or download a copy here. Jasper County has a marker on Highway 16 West of Monticello, an interpretive marker in Hillsboro and an interpretive marker in Shady Dale. Click here for information about the March To The Sea – Civil War Heritage Trail in Georgia.
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