Battle Of Meridian
The Destruction of Meridian took place in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, from February 14 to February 20, 1864, by the Union Army of the Tennessee led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. Sherman captured Meridian, Mississippi, inflicting heavy damage to it.
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