Se fare begann æfter Sherman fang Atlanta in þære Atlanta Beadwe and his werodas fōr of þære ceastre on 15 Blōtmonaþ 1864. Se fare endode þan he fang Savannah þā hȳð on 21 Gēolmonaþ in þæm ilcan geare. His þrēat adiglode beaduweorc ac ēac gyrnesweorc, rādweorc, and gebūra ǣht and abrāc þæs Geþofscipes ceapung and ēad and his rād and īsernweg genette.