Because his supply-line was over-stretched and he told Grant that he would not be able to pursue the Army of Tennessee into the mountains.
Instead, he decided to conduct a punitive raid on Georgia, living off the land as he went, burning farms and wrecking railroads, to help starve the Confederate troops in the field.
It was William T. Sherman.
Ulysses S. Grant!. ANSWER William Tecumseh Sherman.
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· William Tecumseh Sherman- American Union army officer, his famous March to the Sea captured Atlanta, Georgia, making an important turning point in the war.
This was Sherman's March to the Sea and it was lead by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman.
William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union
It was William T. Sherman.
Ulysses S. Grant!. ANSWER William Tecumseh Sherman.
William Tecumseh Sherman
General William T. Sherman was a general leading Union troops.
William Tecumseh Sherman was a Union General who during the civil war occupied Atlanta, Georgia then burned the city and a swath of territory from Atlanta to Savannah on his famous "March to the Sea".
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William Tecumseh Sherman
· William Tecumseh Sherman- American Union army officer, his famous March to the Sea captured Atlanta, Georgia, making an important turning point in the war.
William Tecumseh Sherman lived from 1820 to 1891. He was a general for the Union Army during the Civil War.
This was Sherman's March to the Sea and it was lead by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman.
General William Tecumseh Sherman led the Union forces.