- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Refugees on March to the Sea
- Contributor to Resource:
- From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
- Date of Original:
- 1865
- Subject:
- History
Archaeology - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A sketch, published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on March 18, 1865, depicts newly emancipated African Americans following Union general William T. Sherman's march to the sea at the end of 1864. As many as 7,000 freedmen and freedwomen may have joined in the march.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/civil-war-dissent/m-4361/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
