First Bull Run, here Sherman was a brigadier general. Shiloh Vicksburg Chattanooga Meridian Kennesaw Atlanta Bentonville
US General William Sherman learned of the new commander of the Southern Army of Tennessee, John Hood and expected a tough campaign on his way to Atlanta. Despite Sherman's good judgment, he met little resistance from Confederate forces. As the end of July, 1864 approached, he gave thought that the Confederate forces were to evacuate Atlanta without a fight.
General William Tecumseh Sherman is credited with the destructive military strategy known as "total war" during the American Civil War. His famous "March to the Sea" in 1864 involved a campaign from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, where he and his troops devastated infrastructure, supply lines, and civilian property to undermine the Confederate war effort. Sherman's tactics aimed to break the South's will to fight and hasten the end of the war.
Union General William T. Sherman was unfairly criticized when he captured Atlanta, Georgia. This was because he ordered the immediate evacuation of all civilians form the city. Sherman's response was in line with the humane side of himself. As he was sure that Confederate General John B. Hood would attack Sherman's forces in Atlanta, he responded that it would be better to not fight a battle in Atlanta and endanger the citizens there. This was a proper decision that he made at the time.
During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman believed in the necessity of total war to achieve a swift and decisive victory. He advocated for targeting not only enemy armies but also the infrastructure and resources that supported them, famously exemplified in his "March to the Sea." Sherman aimed to break the Confederacy’s will to fight by demonstrating the harsh realities of war, thereby hastening the end of the conflict. His approach emphasized the importance of psychological warfare alongside traditional military tactics.
First Bull Run, here Sherman was a brigadier general. Shiloh Vicksburg Chattanooga Meridian Kennesaw Atlanta Bentonville
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William Tecumseh Sherman became a major general for the North in the US Civil War. He had been in active service after graduating from West Point. Later he resigned into the private sector. Just before the war started, he was in charge of a military college in Louisiana. He decided to fight for the North, and enlisted. He did not try for a high rank but worked himself up to the level of a worthy commander. Sherman became a major factor in the war being one of the North's best generals.
General William Techumseh Sherman
US General William Sherman learned of the new commander of the Southern Army of Tennessee, John Hood and expected a tough campaign on his way to Atlanta. Despite Sherman's good judgment, he met little resistance from Confederate forces. As the end of July, 1864 approached, he gave thought that the Confederate forces were to evacuate Atlanta without a fight.
General William Tecumseh Sherman is credited with the destructive military strategy known as "total war" during the American Civil War. His famous "March to the Sea" in 1864 involved a campaign from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, where he and his troops devastated infrastructure, supply lines, and civilian property to undermine the Confederate war effort. Sherman's tactics aimed to break the South's will to fight and hasten the end of the war.
Union General William T. Sherman was unfairly criticized when he captured Atlanta, Georgia. This was because he ordered the immediate evacuation of all civilians form the city. Sherman's response was in line with the humane side of himself. As he was sure that Confederate General John B. Hood would attack Sherman's forces in Atlanta, he responded that it would be better to not fight a battle in Atlanta and endanger the citizens there. This was a proper decision that he made at the time.
During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman believed in the necessity of total war to achieve a swift and decisive victory. He advocated for targeting not only enemy armies but also the infrastructure and resources that supported them, famously exemplified in his "March to the Sea." Sherman aimed to break the Confederacy’s will to fight by demonstrating the harsh realities of war, thereby hastening the end of the conflict. His approach emphasized the importance of psychological warfare alongside traditional military tactics.
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"Total War" is an act (to my understanding) that kills off the enemies arsenal and resources to stop the enemies from continuing to fight (rebel). Without the resources, the South would have no way to rebel against the Union anymore besides they were already low on resources. General Ulyssis S. Grant believed in total war and he ordered General William Tecumseh Sherman, also a believer in total war, to wage total war against the South. He set out in March 1864 from Tennessee to Georgia. Sherman reached Atlanta, South's main manufacturing and railroad center, on September and he burned the city.
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