Civil War Timeline / Chronology for November 1864

November 4, 1864 November 5, 1864	Battle of Johnsonville Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry and two captured Union boats move up the Tennessee River to Johnsonville and attacked the Union supply depot there causing major damage	Tennessee
	Nathan Bedford Forrest
November 8, 1864	Republican Abraham Lincoln defeats Democrat George McClellan to serve a second term as President of the United States. Andrew Johnson, a unionist from Tennessee is his Vice President
	Abraham Lincoln
	Election of 1864
	George McClellan
	Andrew Johnson
	Republican Party
	Democratic Party
November 10, 1864	On the 10th of November the movement may be said to have fairly begun, General Sherman in his memoirs regarding the "March to the Sea"
	March to the Sea
	William Tecumseh Sherman
November 12, 1864	General Sherman in Cartersville sends his last message to General Thomas in Nashville, Tennessee. He will be out of communication with the North until December 13.	Georgia
	March to the Sea
	William Tecumseh Sherman
November 14, 1864	Sherman enters Atlanta and divides his 60,000 men into a Left Wing and Right Wing.	Georgia
	March to the Sea
	William Tecumseh Sherman
November 16, 1864	Some historians use this date as the start of the March to the Sea. By this time Sherman had marched almost 100 miles, destroyed all or part of Rome, Cartersville and Marietta, Georgia and torn up all the Western and Atlanta track between Dalton and Atlanta.	Georgia
	March to the Sea
	William Tecumseh Sherman
November 22, 1864	Battle of Griswoldville	Georgia
	March to the Sea
November 28, 1864	Battle of Buckhead Creek	Georgia
	March to the Sea
November 30, 1864	Battle of Franklin	Tennessee
	John Bell Hood
	Nashville Campaign