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Everything was burned from Atlanta to the sea in order to keep the Confederates from having access to foodstuffs and shelter.

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What was the Name of union general who used total war scorched earth policy?

General Ulysses S. Grant


Grant and Sherman use to end the war quickly?

Scorched earth.


What was the new type of combat called that was created by Grant Sherman and Sheridan?

During the US Civil War, Union generals Grant and Sherman employed what was called total war and /or scorched earth tactics.


What effect did grant and shermans situations have on the people of the north?

Their situation gave to the people of the North the awareness the Union was going to win the war.


Did Phil Sheridan fight in the civil war?

Very much so. Grant selected him for the scorched-earth campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. His success in clearing out the Confederates from the valley raised Northern morale and helped Lincoln to win the election.


What changed the direction of the civil war?

The appointment of U.S. Grant as General-in-Chief in March 1864. He ended the system of prisoner-exchange, so that the Confederates were bound to run out of manpower first. He also authorised the scorched-earth policy to attack the civilian infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field - first Phil Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, then Sherman in Georgia and South Carolina.


Why do you think General Grant allowed total war to be used to defeat lee but then offered to feed Lee's men after their surrender?

Because he was a pragmatist and a good simplifier of problems, who realised that his scorched-earth policy was the quickest way to end the war. He was not acting out of deliberate cruelty. His terms of surrender to Lee at Appomattox were so generous that Lee would not hear a word against his old enemy for the rest of his life.


As part of his foreign policy goals President Grant attempted to annex what?

As part of his foreign policy goals, President Grant attempted to annex Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).


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Battle that beagan shermans march to the sea?

Atlanta. When the Confederate army escaped, Sherman briefly attempted a pursuit, but soon settled on his punitive raids on Georgia farms instead. This turned Grant's orders on their head, but fortunately Sherman carried high credibility with Grant.


What was the total war and how did grant us it against the south?

Total war in the south implied destroying everything...scorched earth policy...digging up the farms, bending railroad ties around trees, leveling brick buildings, killing livestock, etc. Total war in Vietnam would've implied the use of atomic weapons...consequently, total war was NOT deployed during the Vietnam War...Vietnam was a limited war...fought limited to conventional NON-ATOMIC weapons.


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