Sherman destroyed everything in his path. Factories, plantations, small farms, everything. This was total war, taking it to the innocent that supported the southern war effort.
However, it is considered cowardly by many, and he would have been brought up on war crimes charges today.
The March to the Sea.
The March to the Sea
the Phoenix. atlanta was burned to the ground during shermans march to the sea. Atlanta has emerged as the new capital of the south.
sherman went throught the south on a raid that was known as "shermans" march
The March to the Sea (Georgia) ended in December 1864. It resumed early in February 1865 when he crossed into South Carolina.
The anaconda plane and shermans march, this weakened the south greatly and in the court house of appottomax, general Robert e. lee surrenders
After the Battle of Atlanta, Gen Sherman began his march from there and advanced across Georgia and ended at Savannah. He then turned north and marched through South Carolina and into North Carolina.
shermans a douche.
shermans march to the sea was to stop souther infastructure with that ruined the north would be able to defeat the south because he would take any supply line to the south. Sherman's March started in Atlanta, Georgia on 15 November 1864 and ended in Savannah, Georgia on 22 December 1864. The purpose was to stop the supply routes between North and South.
It was a successful attempt to speed the end of the war by attacking the farms and railroads, helping to starve the troops in the field. The two states were Georgia and South Carolina.
The March to the Sea only involved one state, Georgia. But after a short rest, Sherman crossed into South Carolina, the state that had started the war, and really put the boot in, burning down the state capital.
Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.