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General William Techumseh Sherman
Sherman marched through the south bringing total war. He burned everything and the city of Atlanta. After the war he was assigned the task of doing total war on the plains by killing as many buffalo he could. He took to his task with relish and did kill the majority of the herds of buffalo and this wiped out the major supply of food the the plains tribes.
During the American Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman played a huge role in the outcome of the war by capturing Atlanta, and successfully destroying Confederate railroads and industries. Sherman believed in total war and left a path of destruction as he marched to Atlanta.
Sherman cut his troops off from their supply lines in Atlanta and marched to Savanna by living off the land: taking the crops which were ripe in the fields, and confiscating livestock on the hoof; as well as destroying railroad and telegraph lines , mills and anything of industrial value along the way. It was the first deployment of Total War since the days of the Mongols.
You are General William Tecumseh Sherman, a Union general during the American Civil War. Your famous "March to the Sea" in 1864 involved a military campaign from Atlanta to Savannah, where you employed total war tactics to devastate Southern resources and infrastructure, aiming to weaken their resolve to continue fighting. This approach significantly contributed to the eventual Union victory.
This was Sherman's March to the Sea and it was lead by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman.
During the American Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman played a huge role in the outcome of the war by capturing Atlanta, and successfully destroying Confederate railroads and industries. Sherman believed in total war and left a path of destruction as he marched to Atlanta.
Atlanta, Georgia
Sherman practiced a strategy called total war. They both surrounded their opponents.
Sherman practiced total war. He burned crops and cities and turned railroad ties into scrap. He is known for burning Atlanta one of the largest cities of the south.
Sherman practiced a strategy called total war. They both surrounded their opponents.
William Tecumseh Sherman