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General Ulysses S. Grant
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Sherman's policies of total war and scorched earth targeted the South's?
economic infrastructure
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.
A fight against enemy troops and everything that supports them?
Scorched earth policy (destroying crops (food), buildings (shelter), and anything else that could support the enemy). NOT to be confused (and civilians do it all the time) with "Total War"...Total war means using EVERY AVAILABLE weapon to destroy the enemy (NUKES!). Example: WWII was total war (two atom bombs were used to end it).
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.
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.
How did the north stop supplies going to the south?
The Union enacted a total war policy, also known as a scorched earth policy, in which their soldiers would burn and destroy anything that could help the confederates.
Sherman's policies of total war and scorched earth targeted the South's?
economic infrastructure
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.
A fight against enemy troops and everything that supports them?
Scorched earth policy (destroying crops (food), buildings (shelter), and anything else that could support the enemy). NOT to be confused (and civilians do it all the time) with "Total War"...Total war means using EVERY AVAILABLE weapon to destroy the enemy (NUKES!). Example: WWII was total war (two atom bombs were used to end it).
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.
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 was William t Sherman's allegiance to?
William T. Sherman was a Union general during the American Civil War, known for his significant role in leading Union forces to victory. He is best remembered for his "March to the Sea," which involved a scorched earth policy aimed at crippling the Confederacy's ability to sustain the war. Sherman's allegiance was firmly to the Union and the preservation of the United States, advocating for total war to achieve that objective. His military strategies and tactics were instrumental in the ultimate defeat of the Confederate states.
Sherman believed in what about the Civil War?
During the Civil War, General Sherman held strong to a total war policy.
What person is known for scorched earth and total war tactics?
During the Second World War: Both Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin are known for "scorched earth" tactics, however "Total War" could have been used to refer to the US after Dec 7, 1941, the USSR after June 22, 1941, Britain after May 1940, and Germany after mid-1943. "War of Annihilation", is not the same as "Total War", and is used to refer to the portion of the war between Hitler & Stalin. During the American Civil War: Union General Sherman used "scorched earth" tactics and was also said to have been involved in "total war". The meaning of "total war" is different between the two wars. During the American Civil War, it meant the involvement of the Armies in combat, and the involvement of civilians (primarily Southern) in Union imposed hardships or shortages to break the will of the enemy. During the Second World War, "total war" refers to the complete mobilization of the people, business, government & economy to raise largest possible military forces, with maximum amount of ships, aircraft, tanks, equipment, ammunition, food, supplies, etc. All adult civilians not needed in the military are used in the production, equipping, supporting, arming, and feeding of the nations (& allies) forces. This includes the building, maintaining, operating & repairing of national/local infrastructure used to support this war effort.
What best describes march to the sea?
US General Sherman's march to the sea was based on the belief held by his commanding officer General Grant that it was necessary to break the Confederacy's strategic, economic, & psychological capacity for warfare if the war was ever to end.Sherman's tactics were to move east from Atlanta to the sea and employ a scorched earth policy as he went. He ordered his troops to burn all crops, kill all livestock, consume all supplies and to generally destroy all civilian infrastructure along their path.This policy is considered "total war" and had the tacit approval of the newly elected President Lincoln.If the South had used such tactics when General Lee on his march to Harrisburg Pennsylvania, he would have been condemned as a war criminal.Lincoln was able to give his tacit approval for Grant & Sherman, in my opinion because Lincoln was already re-elected. It meant that the Union could not beat the Confederacy on the battlefield despite its huge numerical advantage.This in my opinion was a cowardly method to win the war.
What general won the civil war?
U.S. Grant, who was appointed General-in-Chief of the Union armies in March 1864. His policy of total war - which meant much suffering by civilians, and even more from prisoners in overcrowded camps - finally carried the conflict.
What battles were fought in Sherman's march to the sea?
the battle of altanta
