Feb. 14, 1864 – Union General William T. Sherman entered Meridian, Mississippi, in a torrential rain. The campaign was the precursor to his “March to the Sea.”

Knoxville Civil War Roundtable
Remembering the Civil War in East Tennessee
Feb. 14, 1864 – Union General William T. Sherman entered Meridian, Mississippi, in a torrential rain. The campaign was the precursor to his “March to the Sea.”