Because it was a punitive raid on the state of Georgia, ending at the blockade-runners' port of Savannah.
That is called Sherman's march to the sea.
The March to the Sea
The March to the Sea
It is frequently called "Sherman's March to the Sea".
William Henry Harrison view Tecumseh with alarm because he was convinced that Tecumseh had British backing. He also called him ''one of thoose uncommon genisus which spring up occasionally to ... overturn the established order.'' If this was in fact to be true, then Tecumseh could have been a threat to American power in the West.
The "March To The Sea"
He was called "Cump" by his close friends and family. This nickname came along as his younger siblings could not pronounce his full name at the time, Tecumseh, and so he was simply called Cump. The name William came along when he was adopted by Thomas Ewing after his father's death. He was to be baptised into a different religion, and the priest doing his baptism refused to baptise him under Tecumseh, which was the name of an Indian chief that opposed and attacked America during the war of 1812, killing many.
Tecumseh united the Shawnee called Tecumseh's confederation
Sherman's March to the Sea
This was Sherman's March to the Sea and it was lead by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman.
Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's devastating campaign through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 is known as "Sherman's March to the Sea" . So called, because W.T.Sherman's goal was the port city of Savannah,Georgia .A remarkable , and infamous to some , campaign to wage war essentially behind Confederate lines relying upon those supplies found along the line of march . He and his army conducted what we know today as a "Scorched Earth" policy where any and all resources available to the enemy (In this case , the Confederacy.) to conduct the war is destroyed/eliminated .
Tecumseh called for: going back to his ancient - indian religion, instead of being forced to adapt to the whites cultures and religion.