Marching thro' Georgia

Marching Through Georgia is a march written by Henry Clay Work in 1865, referring to American Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman's march to the sea the previous year.

It was widely popular with other Union Army veterans after the war. However, General Sherman himself disdained the song, partly because it was played at almost every public appearance he attended1. Outside the southern United States, it has had universal resonance: Japanese troops sang it as they entered Port Arthur, the British sang it in British India, it was popular among the Allies in the Second World War, and it is the anthem of Colonel BIGEARD's 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment.

It remains a popular tune for brass bands, and has lent its tune to a number of other popular songs, including "The Land", "Billy Boys" and "Come In, Come In". It is also sung by a carpetbagger in Gone with the Wind.