Atlanta, the city to which Sherman applied the torch, lay in ashes; Nashville and Chattanooga had been partially wrecked;Richmond and Augusta had suffered severely from fires.

谢尔曼点燃火炬的城市亚特兰大化为灰烬；纳什维尔和查塔努加已经部分失事； 里士满和奥古斯塔遭受了严重的火灾。