During a campaign in this state, rails were heated until they were red-hot, then twisted around trees to make them utterly irreparable.
During a campaign in this state, rails were heated until they were red-hot, then twisted around trees to make them utterly irreparable. The infamous Andersonville prisoner-of-war camp was located in this state. Special Field Orders Number 120 allowed for soldiers to live off the land and destroy property in this state, part of a scorched-earth strategy intended to "make [this state] howl." A coastal city in this state was given as "a Christmas gift" in 1864 to President Abraham Lincoln after its capture by William Tecumseh Sherman at the end of his March to the Sea. For 10 points, name this state which suffered major destruction during the Civil War, including the burning of its capital Atlanta.
During a campaign in this state, rails were heated until they were red-hot, then twisted around trees to make them utterly irreparable.
Georgia