Sherman
as their property
They stole the South's weapons and destroyed all of their resources.
The March to the Sea
General William T. Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman
He destroyed everything his army marched through. The South lost transportation lines, homes, civilians, and a lot of destroyed property. It left the Confederacy in ruins
William Tecumseh Sherman
William T. Sherman. And then he went on and did the same in South Carolina.
The main elements for the South in the US Civil War ended in a disaster. After four years of waging war to gain its independence, the South lost over 300,000 men and huge losses in property that the war destroyed.
During the Civil War, significant property destruction occurred in Georgia and South Carolina, particularly due to military campaigns and battles. In Georgia, especially with General Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864, extensive damage was inflicted on infrastructure, railroads, and plantations, with estimates of property losses running into millions of dollars. In South Carolina, the state was the first to secede, and it faced destruction as Union forces targeted military installations and resources. Overall, the war caused widespread devastation in both states, severely impacting their economies and landscapes.
He carried out punitive raids on civilians in Georgia and South Carolina, whose capital, Columbia, was burned down, allegedly on purpose.
The general trend of isotherms is typically from north to south. Isotherms show lines of equal temperature, so they tend to shift in a north-south direction due to the tilt of the Earth's axis and the distribution of sunlight across latitudes.