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It turned Grant's orders on their head - but fortunately Sherman carried high credibility with Grant.
He had been told to destroy the Army of Tennessee wherever it might be. He had failed to do this - that army had escaped from Atlanta and headed for the mountains.
Instead of giving pursuit, Sherman judged that it would end the war quicker if he attacked the civilian infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field. So he turned right round and headed South-east across Georgia, burning farms, living easily off the land, and sustaining almost no casualties.
When he reached Savannah, prepared for a battle and possible destruction of the city, the small Confederate army escaped into South Carolina, where Sherman presently pursued them.
The campaign left bitter memories in the South, but no-one could doubt its success.
The Confederate army that eventually surrendered to Grant at Appomattox was indeed barefoot and starving.
Marguerite Considine
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∙ 13y agoIt turned Grant's orders on their head - but fortunately Sherman carried high credibility with Grant.
He had been told to destroy the Army of Tennessee wherever it might be. He had failed to do this - that army had escaped from Atlanta and headed for the mountains.
Instead of giving pursuit, Sherman judged that it would end the war quicker if he attacked the civilian infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field. So he turned right round and headed South-east across Georgia, burning farms, living easily off the land, and sustaining almost no casualties.
When he reached Savannah, prepared for a battle and possible destruction of the city, the small Confederate army escaped into South Carolina, where Sherman presently pursued them.
The campaign left bitter memories in the South, but no-one could doubt its success.
The Confederate army that eventually surrendered to Grant at Appomattox was indeed barefoot and starving.
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