Unconditional surrender
William Tecumseh Sherman.
Join the Union Army ANSWER General Sherman wanted the people of Atlanta to evacuate the city to prevent the populace from hampering the Union military activities in the city and around of it. In order to avoid any incident and to allow the people to take shelter behind the Confederate line, a truce of arm was negotiated with the Confederate Commander, General Hood. On Sept,7,1864 the order of evacuation was given and carried out.
None. Grant had told Sherman to ignore the big cities, and simply pursue and destroy the Army of Tennessee, wherever it was. Sherman had failed to do this, in the face of Joseph E. Johnston's brilliant tactical retreat, and so he decided to occupy Atlanta, to give the North a little good news in the run-up to the 1864 General Election, which Lincoln was in danger of losing.
For the 1864 Union campaign, only General Sherman's army was given the explicit goal of cutting Southern rail links. He was to wage a conventional march on Atlanta, and from there cut as many Rebel railway links as possible. Later in 1864, Sherman's plans would be altered.
General Thomas Jonathon Jackson.
It was stop by President Johnson
Unconditional surrender
William Tecumseh Sherman.
The March to the Sea.
The nickname "Old Fuss and Feathers" was given to General Winfield Scott. He was known for his disciplinary actions in service.
It was stopped by president Johnson’s b*tchass
Join the Union Army ANSWER General Sherman wanted the people of Atlanta to evacuate the city to prevent the populace from hampering the Union military activities in the city and around of it. In order to avoid any incident and to allow the people to take shelter behind the Confederate line, a truce of arm was negotiated with the Confederate Commander, General Hood. On Sept,7,1864 the order of evacuation was given and carried out.
Sherman believed in total war and burned the city to the ground. As he moved through the south he left a path of destruction and burned ruins.
None. Grant had told Sherman to ignore the big cities, and simply pursue and destroy the Army of Tennessee, wherever it was. Sherman had failed to do this, in the face of Joseph E. Johnston's brilliant tactical retreat, and so he decided to occupy Atlanta, to give the North a little good news in the run-up to the 1864 General Election, which Lincoln was in danger of losing.
Freed slaves followed the march of Sherman's army through Georgia.
After General Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, which promised land to freed slaves, around 40,000 acres of land in Georgia and South Carolina were set aside for this purpose. This initiative provided some freed slaves with a measure of economic independence, but the policy was later overturned by President Andrew Johnson.
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