Sherman and his idea of Total War was, him and his troops of 60,000 sweeping the South, and killing everyone, and burning everything in front of and behind him. He started on the border of the Mississippi River, and swept completely across the South all the way to the sea.
Total War: Destroying everything in his path.
General Sherman.
Sherman
During the US Civil War, Union generals Grant and Sherman employed what was called total war and /or scorched earth tactics.
The best example of the Civil War's destruction is Sherman's March. Sherman was a Union general who destroyed Confederate farms and cities, including Atlanta.
During the Civil War, General Sherman held strong to a total war policy.
Total War
Total War: Destroying everything in his path.
Total war was General Sherman's strategy. He was to use total war to destroy the resources of the south. I am also a civil war expert so you can trust my answer.
General Sherman.
William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant
total war or March to the Sea
Wm. T. Sherman
William Sherman declared "total war"(which destroys an armies soldiers and the will to fight) to destroy the Confederates COMPLETELY.
It was burned to the ground during Union Generals Tecumseh Sherman Total War.
They both praticed total war and surrounded their opponents
He kind of put it in place during the civil war along with Sheridan and Grant