Sherman's army was coming through burning and devastating the country. The people were old men and ladies. Rough crowd poured through houses going through the rooms,searching every bureau, wardwobe, closets, and trunks. They even took allsilverware and jewelry.
By shortening the war by months at almost nil casualties.
Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.
Atlanta, as part of his war plan.
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To attack the civilian infrastructure behind the Confederate war-effort - burning farms, wrecking railroads, helping to starve the troops in the field and destroying civilian morale. It shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties,.
In its' day, it represented "Total War", just as the Atomic Bomb did in WWII.
By shortening the war by months at almost nil casualties.
Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.
Total War (the act of destroying civilian and economic resources)
Total War, which he is credited with inventing. Those who accuse him of brutality should note that his March to the Sea shortened the war by months at a cost of almost nil casualties.
sherman went throught the south on a raid that was known as "shermans" march
My mom said they burned houses and people in them killing as much as every Pearson in rackdale and that was the end of the civil war
sherman was a war criminal , you don't make war on citizens , they stole food ,burned houses and stole anything they wanted . shermans troops did what the Nazi's did in WWII
It deprived the Confederate armies of food, and interrupted rail movement by troops and civilians. It also devastated morale.
Because he had targeted civilians and smashed up the whole infrastructure of Georgia and South Carolina.
Sherman's total war burned every thing in his way. This meant houses, crops, and other things needed to live. The south was all ready hurting and there was a shortage of food and other things. When a population has nothing they are more than likely to surrender than to fight. Sherman was used by the president later to wage total war on the Native Americans by killing the buffalo on the plains so they would starve to death.
Total War