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General Sherman was assigned this task by General Grant. This Total War started against mostly helpless farmers in the Shenandoah Valley. There were very few Confederate Troops there but it was a Highway for the Confederate Armies to move. In the late summer of 1864, Sherman and his Army burned about 2000 Civilian homes, 7000 livestock and killed everything in sight. This crippled the Confederates abilities to receive and produce supplies. From the Shenandoah Valley Sherman moved South destroying anything in his path all the way to Atlanta and Savannah Georgia. When his army finally turned back north, it destroyed everything again up until reached N.C. These tactics broke the hearts and minds of the Confederate Civilians and Soldiers.
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Was the union south or north during the civil war?
The Union was North(:
Who was the north and south in the civil war?
North: Union South: Confederacy
What is the union in the civil war?
The Union is all of the Northern states. The Confederacy is the South.
Is the union north or south in the cilvil war?
The Union was the North - all the states that had not seceded.
How did the south states seceded before civil war?
South Carolina seceded from the Union before the Civil War.
Which Union officer is known for advocating total war on the South?
William Tecumseh Sherman was the general who theorized and applied the Total War on the South.
What side conducted total war?
Sherman through the south. He was Union.
Who was the Union general in charge of the total war to the South?
General Sherman
What was total war and why did Sherman use it to help defeat the south?
"Total War" is an act (to my understanding) that kills off the enemies arsenal and resources to stop the enemies from continuing to fight (rebel). Without the resources, the South would have no way to rebel against the Union anymore besides they were already low on resources. General Ulyssis S. Grant believed in total war and he ordered General William Tecumseh Sherman, also a believer in total war, to wage total war against the South. He set out in March 1864 from Tennessee to Georgia. Sherman reached Atlanta, South's main manufacturing and railroad center, on September and he burned the city.
Who is the Union general who waged total war on the south?
William T Sherman
Did the south really leave the union?
No, the south did not really leave the union after the war. the south needed the support and assistance of the union so they could not have left.
Was the union the north or the south during the civil war?
the confederates were the south, who lacked manpower but made up for it in determination and good miliatary leaders.
Was the union south or north during the civil war?
The Union was North(:
Union General who destroyed South during "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, example of total war?
William Tecumseh Sherman
Was the South the Confederates in the war?
Yes- the South was the Confederacy - the North, the Union
Who was the north and south in the civil war?
North: Union South: Confederacy
What is the union in the civil war?
The Union is all of the Northern states. The Confederacy is the South.
