Atlanta Burns: Historian Cliff Kuhn on Sherman's 1864 March to the Sea ATLANTA, GA (WABE) - If we were to turn Atlanta's clock back 144 years, to November 15, 1864, we'd find our city sacked and smoldering. Union forces General William T. Sherman was about to embark on the next phase of his grand design to divide and conquer the South by marching to the Atlantic. Steve Goss talks with Georgia State University historian Cliff Kuhn, who picks up the story. © Copyright 2012, WABE