United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983Waud, William, -18781864-12Caption label from exhibit "American Treasures Memory": General Sherman in Savannah. On December 23, 1864, the Union Army under the command of General William Tecumseh Sherman occupied and captured Savannah. Artist William Waud captured Sherman reviewing his army in Savannah before moving on to his next campaigns in South Carolina and North Carolina. Like his brother Alfred, William was recognized as one of the great sketch artists of the Civil War period.Signed: on verso: Will: Waud.Title inscribed on verso.Inscribed below title on verso: Among the mounted officers behind major General Sherman are Gen Williams, Logan, Slocum, Geary, Baird, Woods, Smith, & c.Inscribed and partially erased on verso: If this is [ ] I think it would be well to make this a double page.Inscribed above image: Bay Street; Customs House. Inscribed below image: put troops arms at shoulder instead of Right shoulder shift as in sketch.Published in: Harper's Weekly, February 11, 1865, pp. 88-89.DRWG/US - Waud (W.), no. 20 (A size) [P&P]2004661239ppmsca 09919 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.09919LC-DIG-ppmsca-09919 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-161 (b&w film copy neg.)eng[1864 December - 1865 January]http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)Sherman's March to the SeaSherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Military serviceWilliams, Alpheus S. (Alpheus Starkey), 1810-1878--Military serviceSlocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894--Military serviceWoods, William Burnam--Military serviceUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnelGeary, John White--Military serviceBaird, Absalom--Military service[Cannons, monument, and cabin at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park]StillImage