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What offers the best reasoning behind William Tecumseh shermans strategy of using total war to defeat the south?

Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.


Which statement least characterizes the significance of Vicksburg?

It ended the Confederate threat around Washington, D.C.


Why was William Sherman referred to as architect of modern war?

His march across Georgia shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties. It was the opposite of what Grant had ordered, and it was a truly innovative step - attacking the civilian infrastructure behind the Confederate armies in the field.


Who ordered Sherman to capture Atlanta?

Nobody. When Grant became General-in-Chief, he told his Generals that he wasn't interested in occupying territory, only in destroying Confederate armies. His orders to Sherman were to destroy the Army of Tennessee, wherever he found it. Sherman had not managed to do this, partly because he was handicapped by his long and vulnerable supply-line. Meanwhile, Lincoln was facing a General Election on unfavourable terms, with no recent battlefield victories, but casualties mounting every day. Capturing Atlanta would at least sound like big news and restore Northern morale.


What caused the battle of alanta?

Sherman's failure to destroy the Army of Tennessee, as ordered by Grant. In the run-up to the General Election, Lincoln needed some dramatic Northern victories, and 'Atlanta Falls' at least made a heck of a headline. In strict battlefield terms, it did not change anything much. (The Army of Tennessee got out safely). But Sherman was already planning his punitive raids across Georgia, which would help to starve the Confederate armies, shatter Southern morale, and decisively shorten the war.