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His crossing of Georgia, laying waste to the rich farmland, helping to starve civilians and troops alike, and devastating Confederate morale.

This was total war, and the very opposite of what Grant had ordered, which was to pursue and destroy the Army of Tennessee. But Sherman carried high credibility with Grant, and there is no doubt that this new strategy shortened the war by months, partly by improving Lincoln's chances of re-election.

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