Attacked the civilian infrsastructure that supported the enemy troops in the field - burning farms, wrecking railroads, destroying cities. It shortened the war by months at almost nil casualties.
General Sherman
Total War: Destroying everything in his path.
William Tecumseh Sherman was the general who theorized and applied the Total War on the South.
William Sherman. His punitive raids are known to have shortened the war.
The state most famously burned by General William Tecumseh Sherman and his army during the American Civil War is Georgia. Sherman's "March to the Sea" in late 1864 involved a campaign of total war, where his troops destroyed military targets, infrastructure, and civilian property to undermine the Confederate war effort. The city of Atlanta was particularly devastated, and Sherman's tactics aimed to demoralize the South and hasten the end of the war.
William T Sherman
General Sherman
General Sherman
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sherman went throught the south on a raid that was known as "shermans" march
Total War: Destroying everything in his path.
Sherman practiced a strategy called total war. They both surrounded their opponents.
total war or March to the Sea
Sherman practiced a strategy called total war. They both surrounded their opponents.
William Tecumseh Sherman was the general who theorized and applied the Total War on the South.
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William Sherman. His punitive raids are known to have shortened the war.