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March to the Sea

March to the Sea proper noun: a campaign of the American Civil War in 1864, during which armies under William Tecumseh Sherman laid waste to the state of Georgia between the cities of Atlanta and Savannah.

Proper noun

the March to the Sea

  1. A campaign of the American Civil War in 1864, during which armies under William Tecumseh Sherman laid waste to the state of Georgia between the cities of Atlanta and Savannah.

Questions about March to the Sea

What does March to the Sea mean?
March to the Sea means a campaign of the American Civil War in 1864, during which armies under William Tecumseh Sherman laid waste to the state of Georgia between the cities of Atlanta and Savannah.
What part of speech is March to the Sea?
March to the Sea is a proper noun.

Words near March to the Sea in the dictionary

  1. march to one's own drummer
  2. march to the beat of a different drum
  3. march to the beat of a different drummer
  4. march to the beat of one's own drum
  5. march to the beat of one's own drummer
  6. March to the Sea
  7. march-movement
  8. march-past
  9. march-pasts
  10. march-time
  11. march-ward

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