General Sherman and his superior General Grant believed it was necessary to destroy civilian property that may have been used to supply Confederate troops. In this way, it would weaken the Southern armies.
The state most famously burned by General William Tecumseh Sherman and his army during the American Civil War is Georgia. Sherman's "March to the Sea" in late 1864 involved a campaign of total war, where his troops destroyed military targets, infrastructure, and civilian property to undermine the Confederate war effort. The city of Atlanta was particularly devastated, and Sherman's tactics aimed to demoralize the South and hasten the end of the war.
General Sherman
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General Sherman
Atlanta :(
Atlanta, Georgia
General Sherman
the space that they had
yes he captured Georgia
General Sherman
General Sherman
georgia...... pappy :)
Atlanta :(
Atlanta
General William Tecumseh Sherman led the notorious "March to the Sea" through Georgia during the American Civil War. Starting in Atlanta in November 1864, Sherman and his Union forces marched through the state, destroying infrastructure and civilian property as they went. The goal of the campaign was to cripple the Confederacy's ability to wage war and ultimately hasten the end of the Civil War.
The main city captured by Sherman was Atlanta.
The Confederates facing the General Sherman problem in Georgia, were not 100% positive of his exact targets or his location in Georgia. They made a small concentration of troops in Augusta, Georgia, but Sherman had no intentions of moving on Augusta, he simply avoided the town.