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He had been living in New Orleans in the years before the war, and made many friends there.
When the war started, he reluctantly went back North to re-join the army, and wrote letters to his Southern friends, warning them that they could never win.
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How did the terrain play a part In the civil war?
Most battles were in the South, so the terrain was familiar to the Confederates, and not to the Union troops. Much of the Tennessee/Georgia terrain was mountainous, much easier to defend than to invade, and Sherman's army suffered many attacks on its long supply-line.
Are bulldogs a gang in California?
Yes. I'm not familiar with them but they are up in northern California area. And I'm in the south, so...
Why did General Sherman march into Columbia?
General Sherman wanted to capture Savannah, Georgia by December 25, 1864. He wanted to destroy the South so it would surrender. He practiced a "scortched earth" policy where he would burn everything in his path.
Is there a map of Sherman's march through Georgia?
No... Confederate troops were ordered to do slash and burn campaign through GA so the AtTlantians could.... Well.... Leave no evidence of the spires and domes of Atlanta burning in the distance... As they looked from the Mountain, saw the city, and went peaceably to South Carolina, where Sherman had once lived and knew the people there well.
What did Sherman want to achieve by waging total war on the South?
he wanted to achieve to win against the south by cutting off their food ports and making them starve so they would die off one by one.
Why was the Atlanta campaign and Sherman's march top the sea important to the north's plan to win the civil war?
because they all planned to come together in one so they could stop the south with the nonsense going on and so destroy all south's land.
Why were Sherman's troops so gung-ho about entering South Carolina during the Civil War?
By crossing Georgia virtually unopposed, they had demonstrated that the Confederacy was dying on its feet. South Carolina was the state that had started the whole war, and Sherman was keen to start punitive raids on SC, confident that the small Confederate army under Hardee, which had escaped there, was no threat to him.
Why was sherman's march to the sea so destructive?
Sherman's March to the Sea was so destructive because it was not planned well and most people died.
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I am just getting started in casting with Resin and looking up suggestions and ideas before getting started so I am familiar with what I am dealing with. KM from Virginia
What has the author So Chin Tae written?
So Chin Tae has written: 'Ideas and concepts' -- subject(s): History, Korea (South), Korea (South). Konggun, Military policy, Military relations
How did Sherman's March devastated the economy of the south?
By destroying the farms that supported the Confederate armies in the field, while the South was blockaded and unable to import supplies. Sherman was particularly motivated to rob the enemy of his crops and livestock so that his army could live off the land. His own long supply-line had been attacked by Confederate cavalry for months, and he wanted to be free of it.
Did the north seceded from the union?
Yes, but it wasn't one of the first states to do so. That was fortunate, when Sherman arrived there after putting the boot into South Carolina, which was identified as the state that started the war.
