Event
Sherman's Special Field Orders No. 15
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Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 33.983076, -84.578044
This program will be held at the park's Visitor Center
Dates & Times
Date:
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Time:
11:00 AM
Duration:
30 minutes
Type of Event
Talk
Description
Almost a month after William T. Sherman's forces enter Savannah, the general would issue Special Field Orders No. 15. During the early years of the war, many southern planters evacuated the Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina coast in response to U.S Navy presence. Sherman's orders would redistribute captured southern land on the coastline to the enslaved people that were still present. This short ranger talk dives into the background of these orders as well as the reaction and realities post war.