General Tecumseh Sherman, was the Union General who ransacked the South, all the way to the sea. He took over the Union Campaign in the west after General Ulysses S. Grant took over command of the Union Army, or the Army of the Potomac.
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Union General William Tecumseh Sherman famously burned Atlanta, Georgia, to the ground during his military campaign in the American Civil War. This event occurred in 1864 as part of his "March to the Sea," which aimed to cripple the Confederate war effort by destroying infrastructure and civilian morale. The burning of Atlanta was a significant turning point in the war, showcasing the Union's strategy of total war.
William T. Sherman
Atlanta was a major Confederate city. It was a railway hub for supplies and transportation of soldiers. It there was a target of the Union. A battle for Atlanta would be costly and there was the possibility that the Union would need to use the tactic of siege to finally force a surrender of the city. There were battles between the North and South on the way to Atlanta. Union General Sherman believed that after these battles, Southern forces would retreat into Atlanta. This never happened and therefore no long siege was needed. Southern military forces had evacuated Atlanta and Sherman marched in with no opposition in late September 1864.
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He was a Union General who had marched from Atlanta to Savannah and destroyed everything in the sixty mile path.
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Atlanta, Georgia
William T. Sherman
Sherman was the union general in Atlanta.
Sherman marched through the south bringing total war. He burned everything and the city of Atlanta. After the war he was assigned the task of doing total war on the plains by killing as many buffalo he could. He took to his task with relish and did kill the majority of the herds of buffalo and this wiped out the major supply of food the the plains tribes.
Union, with General Sherman.