to kill every southerners
William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant!. ANSWER William Tecumseh Sherman.
Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.
In its' day, it represented "Total War", just as the Atomic Bomb did in WWII.
Total 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.
It deprived the Confederate armies of food, and interrupted rail movement by troops and civilians. It also devastated morale.
Because he had targeted civilians and smashed up the whole infrastructure of Georgia and South Carolina.
General Ulysses S. Grant
There were seven Presidents born in Ohio.The 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.The 19th President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio.The 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield was born in Moreland Hills, Ohio.The 23rd President of the United States Benjamin Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio.The 25th President of the United States William McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio.The 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.The 29th President of the United States Warren G. Harding was born in Corsica near Blooming Grove, Ohio.
No - in total, as of 2011, there have been seven Presidents who were born in Ohio - in chronological order, coupled with the year of their first election victory, these are: Ulysses S. Grant (1868) Rutherford B. Hayes (1876) James Garfield (1880) Benjamin Harrison (1888) William McKinley (1896) William Howard Taft (1908) Warren G. Harding (1920)
In Oregon there were 31 public libraries built from 25 grants, for a grand total of only $478,000. These grants were awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from the years 1901 to 1915.