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Grant and Sherman's strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also?
It also targeted the civilian population of the South.
Sherman and grant 's concept of total war?
Go for the civilian underpinning of the Confederacy. Show that you can march anywhere in the South, unmolested. Bring it home to the farmers and the families. Make them howl for surrender.
Whose strategy of total war targeted not only the confederate army but also the civilian population of the south?
William T. Sherman in Georgia and South Carolina. Phil Sheridan had also been doing something like this in the Shenandoah Valley - on the orders of U.S. Grant.
What sherman's destructive campaign through the south called?
Sherman's "March to the Sea"
How did Sherman attempt to demoralize th South?
By burning the farms and destroying the railroads, to starve the Confederate troops, wreck the Southern economy and ruin civilian morale, while living off the land all the way and sustaining almost ni
What was the eddect of Sherman's march to the sea on the south Gone With the Wind?
The effect of the March to the Sea was to bring devastation to the civilian population.
Grant and Sherman's strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also?
It also targeted the civilian population of the South.
What is meant by the statement that William Tecumseh Sherman waged a total war?
He attacked the civilian infrastructure of the Confederacy, to starve the South, including their armies.
By targeting both military and civilian resources to destroy the south's ability to fight. Sherman was engaging in?
full siege or total war, but I am almost positive it is full siege... :)
What strategy was used by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1864?
Major General William T. Sherman's strategy as he invaded the South was to destroy or capture any type of supplies that could aid the Confederate armies. He confiscated civilian livestock and destroyed civilian farmlands. His goal was to deny the Confederate armies of the supplies it needed to carry on the war. Sherman has been criticized for his strategy which brought on much hardship to Southern civilians.
What was General Sherman's plan for winning the civil war?
Attack the civilian infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field.Scorched Earth Tactics. Burn the South until no resistance remained.
Who were the important generals for the north and the south for the atlanta battle?
For the North, Sherman, with the highly-rated McPherson as one of his subordinate commanders, killed at Atlanta. For the South, John Bell Hood.
Why did Sherman feel that the South had to feel the hard hand of war?
Because he had failed to destroy the Army Of Tennessee, as ordered. But he had managed to destroy civilian morale when he occupied Atlanta, and decided to continue with this policy.
Sherman and grant 's concept of total war?
Go for the civilian underpinning of the Confederacy. Show that you can march anywhere in the South, unmolested. Bring it home to the farmers and the families. Make them howl for surrender.
What toll did Sherman's march to the sea have on the confederate war effort?
Sherman was destroying the recent harvest from some of the richest farmland in the South. This would help to starve both the civilian population and the Confederate armies in the field. He also wrecked the railroads, which would help to ruin the Southern economy.
Which Union general demoralized the people of the South by destroying farmland food production operations and cities of the South?
William T. Sherman
Who was the Scourge of the South?
Sherman
