To attack the Southern economy, burning farms and wrecking railroads, to starve the Confederate armies in the field.
Destroy Everything. EVERYTHING!
Sherman believed that the quickest way to end the war was to deprive the army of the means to fight and destroy the civilians' will to support the war was to annihilate the infrastructure that supported the war effort: the agriculture, transportation, communications, and manufacturing capability of the enemy. When there was no food, no munitions, no clothing, and no means to produce it, the will of the South to continue was broken.
Total war is when you involve all aspects of society in war, not just soldiers.
By shortening the war by months at almost nil casualties.
Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.
Atlanta, as part of his war plan.
Sherman believed that the quickest way to end the war was to deprive the army of the means to fight and destroy the civilians' will to support the war was to annihilate the infrastructure that supported the war effort: the agriculture, transportation, communications, and manufacturing capability of the enemy. When there was no food, no munitions, no clothing, and no means to produce it, the will of the South to continue was broken.
In its' day, it represented "Total War", just as the Atomic Bomb did in WWII.
Total war is when you involve all aspects of society in war, not just soldiers.
Because he had targeted civilians and smashed up the whole infrastructure of Georgia and South Carolina.
It deprived the Confederate armies of food, and interrupted rail movement by troops and civilians. It also devastated morale.
By shortening the war by months at almost nil casualties.
Destroy Everything. EVERYTHING!
Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.
William Tecumseh Sherman was an Union commanding general in the Civil war.
The Battle of Atlanta.
it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people.
Atlanta, as part of his war plan.