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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.
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What was grant's concept of total war?
It wasn't Grant who practiced total war, but Sherman. He decided that if he wiped out all crops, rail road routes, burned cities that the south would give in. After the war Sherman was asked to practice total war on the plains tribes by killing the buffalo herds.
How were the efforts of General Grant and Sherman at the end of the war similar and different?
Sherman practiced a strategy called total war. They both surrounded their opponents.
How were the efforts of generals grant and Sherman similar and different at the end of the civil war?
They both praticed total war and surrounded their opponents
Did William T Sherman believe in the total war?
He kind of put it in place during the civil war along with Sheridan and Grant
Which union general waged total war in his march from atlanta to Savannah?
Ulysses S. Grant!. ANSWER William Tecumseh Sherman.
What was grant's concept of total war?
It wasn't Grant who practiced total war, but Sherman. He decided that if he wiped out all crops, rail road routes, burned cities that the south would give in. After the war Sherman was asked to practice total war on the plains tribes by killing the buffalo herds.
Why did Sherman grant want to wage total war?
To change the course of the war. Grant and Sherman both believed that it was the strength of the people's will that was keeping the war going.
What was Sherman's concept total war?
Destroy Everything. EVERYTHING!
Who was known for total war in the Civil War?
William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant
Who were army generals that believed in total war during the Civil War?
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.
How were the efforts of General Grant and Sherman at the end of the war similar and different?
Sherman practiced a strategy called total war. They both surrounded their opponents.
What was the new type of combat called that was created by Grant Sherman and Sheridan?
During the US Civil War, Union generals Grant and Sherman employed what was called total war and /or scorched earth tactics.
What was Ulysses S Grant's and William Sherman's plan to total war?
to kill every southerners
How were the war efforts of generals grant and Sherman at the end of the war similar and different?
They both praticed total war and surrounded their opponents
How were the efforts of generals grant and Sherman similar and different at the end of the civil war?
They both praticed total war and surrounded their opponents
Did William T Sherman believe in the total war?
He kind of put it in place during the civil war along with Sheridan and Grant
Which general believed in the policy of total war?
Grant ordered Sheridan to destroy the farms in the Shenandoah. Then Sherman settled on a campaign of destruction across Georgia and South Carolina, to starve the Confederates into surrender. This strategy had the effect of ending the war quicker than assaulting the armies.
