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He did not just fight enemy forces, he also destroyed as many things that helped them as possible. Such as railroad lines etc...
North. He ended the war as General-in-Chief of the Union armies.
Grant.
General Ulysses S. Grant
U.S. Grant
The two Union officers who believed in and demonstrated the effectiveness of the strategy of total war were General Ulysses Grant and General William Sherman. Grant's Overland Campaign in 1864 and Sherman;s March to The Sea in 1864 were examples of total war by two military leaders.
He planned a war of attrition-that is, to continue fighting until the south ran out of men supplies, and the will to fight
General Grant was one of many. Grant was in the Union.
General Grant fought in the American civil war not WW2
General Uysses S. Grant was a major General who fought for the North or Union States.
General US Grant was nicknamed "unconditional surrender" Grant
Grant was a general for the Union.
Total War helped General Grant use all the unions firepower so the South took an extremely hard hit and had a hard time recovering.