General William Tecumseh Sherman's Georgia Campaigns: Lessons Learned for the Operational Commander

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Abstract:

Between May and December 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman conducted two highly successful campaigns through Georgia, seizing Atlanta and Savannah and inflicting significant damage on Confederate military resources. Shermans operations were founded in thorough logistics planning, skillful movement and maneuver of a light, mobile force, and bold movement behind enemy lines without a fixed line of communications. This paper will examine and analyze General Shermans use of operational art, focusing on the operational factors of space, time and force and the operational functions of command and control, logistics, movement and maneuver and protection. The analysis will provide lessons learned for todays operational commander, including applicability to the concept of Operational Maneuver from the Sea OMFTS.

Author(s):
Davis, James P.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA393369
Pagination:
0021

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
NWC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_3.1.1_Maneuver to Engage; JCA_3.1.2_Maneuver to Insert; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_1.2.4_Doctrine
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
*MILITARY OPERATIONS, *LESSONS LEARNED, *MANEUVERS, *MILITARY COMMANDERS, MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES), STRATEGIC ANALYSIS, OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, LOGISTICS, BATTLES, LOGISTICS PLANNING, GEORGIA, MILITARY ART
Field(s)/Group(s):
Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
Keyword(s):
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, GEORGIA CAMPAIGN(CIVIL WAR), OMFTS(OPERATIONAL MANEUVERS FROM THE SEA), WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
Report Date:
2001 May 18
Creation Date:
2001 Sep 05