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Because it would steadily erode the infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field.
This did, in fact, shorten the war by many months - reducing soldiers and civilians to starvation, destroying the railroads, and devastating Southern morale, at almost no cost in casualties.
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What did Tecumseh believe that a strong confederacy would do?
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What was the famous words of US Civil War hero General Sherman when asked to run for president?
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