Sherman's March during the Civil War resulting in great devastation to the southern states. The first city hit was Atlanta, Georgia, that was nearly burned to the ground and ended in Savannah, Georgia with devastation in every city along the way.
General Sherman's march to the sea ended with the majority of old Georgia being burned down. He started in Atlanta, and ended in Savanna. He did not, however, burn Savanna, instead presenting it as a present for Lincoln.
The pillaging and destruction worried many Southern soldiers and so the combination of Southerners deserting to go home and defend their families and the economic damage caused was a major blow to the South.
The civilians of Georgia completely demoralised - literally begging the troops to cross the river and ravage their sister-Confederate state of South Carolina.
Total despoiling of the farms and the recent good harvest, bringing more starvation to the Confederate armies everywhere.
Evidence for all to see that the Confederacy was on its last legs.
Prelude to the final march into the Carolinas and the surrender of the last Confederate army in the Eastern theatre.
Seeing that the rich Georgia farmland had enjoyed a good harvest, Sherman decided that he could forget his vulnerable supply-line and live off the land, while conducting a punitive raid on this treasonous state, attacking the infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field.
It was a 6-week march from Atlanta, southeast to Savannah, cutting a wide swathe through the state. The emphasis was on the burning of farms, the slaughtering of livestock and the ruining of crops. Violence against civilians was strictly forbidden, and when this did occur, it was mostly not by Sherman's troops, but by the unruly mounted drifters ("Bummers") who rode alongside the army, just for the fun (and the food).
When they reached Savannah, they expected a battle, and probable destruction of that beautful city, but the small Confederate army escaped across the river to South Carolina, where Sherman presently pursued them.
Regaining contact with Washington on December 24th (after the wires had been cut for weeks), Sherman humorously offered Lincoln the city of Savannah as a Christmas present.
It is ironical that Sherman's march earned him such a name for brutality, when the casualties were so few, and his new strategy undoubtedly shortened the war by months.
The Union won, and General William T. Sherman was happy. Lincoln was reelected as President.
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It was a successful attempt to speed the end of the war by attacking the farms and railroads, helping to starve the troops in the field. The two states were Georgia and South Carolina.
The Battle of Atlanta.
The March to the Sea was important because it absolutely wrecked Georgia. The entire central part of the state was virtually wiped out. Factories and farms were burned, railways were destroyed, and infrastructure was ruined. This devastated the Confederate war effort, and helped hasten the end of the war. However, it also has had a powerful negative legacy in the South, particularly in Georgia, where Sherman's name is practically a curse word.
He worked well with Grant, and managed to get his permission for the March to the Sea, which shortened the war by months, at almost nil casualties.
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My mom said they burned houses and people in them killing as much as every Pearson in rackdale and that was the end of the civil war
By shortening the war by months at almost nil casualties.
sherman was a war criminal , you don't make war on citizens , they stole food ,burned houses and stole anything they wanted . shermans troops did what the Nazi's did in WWII
Total War, which he is credited with inventing. Those who accuse him of brutality should note that his March to the Sea shortened the war by months at a cost of almost nil casualties.
The March to the Sea only involved one state, Georgia. But after a short rest, Sherman crossed into South Carolina, the state that had started the war, and really put the boot in, burning down the state capital.
Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.
W.T. Sherman
It was a successful attempt to speed the end of the war by attacking the farms and railroads, helping to starve the troops in the field. The two states were Georgia and South Carolina.
sherman went throught the south on a raid that was known as "shermans" march
In its' day, it represented "Total War", just as the Atomic Bomb did in WWII.
To attack the civilian infrastructure behind the Confederate war-effort - burning farms, wrecking railroads, helping to starve the troops in the field and destroying civilian morale. It shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties,.
William T Sherman did the march to Columbia. The march to Columbia isn't as recognized as the march to the sea, but it was also very destructive. These two marches were what you call total war which is were you take things you need and destroy the rest. This was what mostly devastated the south by the end of the war.