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During Sherman's March to the Sea, his troops destroyed crops and livestock to deprive the people of food. They destroyed supplies in warehouses to deprive the troops of weapons, ammunition, uniforms, tents, blankets, and other necessities. They destroyed railroad tracks to stop the flow of supplies and reinforcements to the troops at the front. They destroyed telegraph lines to disrupt communications. Total War consists of depriving the enemy of all means with which to wage war.
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What was the term for General Sherman destruction to the south during the civil war?
total war or March to the Sea
How did total war relate to the Civil War?
Total war was General Sherman's strategy. He was to use total war to destroy the resources of the south. I am also a civil war expert so you can trust my answer.
What was grant's concept of total war?
It wasn't Grant who practiced total war, but Sherman. He decided that if he wiped out all crops, rail road routes, burned cities that the south would give in. After the war Sherman was asked to practice total war on the plains tribes by killing the buffalo herds.
Sherman believed in what about the Civil War?
During the Civil War, General Sherman held strong to a total war policy.
Grant and Sherman's strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also?
It also targeted the civilian population of the South.
Who used total war against the south?
Sherman
General Sherman's war strategy?
Total War: Destroying everything in his path.
Who committed total war in the south?
William T. Sherman
Who waged total war on the south?
William Tecumseh Sherman.
Who is the Union general who waged total war on the south?
William T Sherman
What side conducted total war?
Sherman through the south. He was Union.
Who was the Union general in charge of the total war to the South?
General Sherman
Which Union officer is known for advocating total war on the South?
William Tecumseh Sherman was the general who theorized and applied the Total War on the South.
What was the term for General Sherman destruction to the south during the civil war?
total war or March to the Sea
Sherman's policies of total war and scorched earth targeted the South's?
economic infrastructure
What is Sherman and Total War in Civil War?
Sherman and his idea of Total War was, him and his troops of 60,000 sweeping the South, and killing everyone, and burning everything in front of and behind him. He started on the border of the Mississippi River, and swept completely across the South all the way to the sea.
How did total war relate to the Civil War?
Total war was General Sherman's strategy. He was to use total war to destroy the resources of the south. I am also a civil war expert so you can trust my answer.
