Destroy farms and railroads to wreck the Southern economy, starve their armies in the field, and devastate civilian morale.
It meant that he could live off the land and forget his long and vulnerable supply-line which had been a major worry. And there weren't many Confederate troops in Georgia to present any risk to his men.
The March to the Sea clearly shortened the war by months at almost nil casualties.
Curiously, Sherman was not especially proud of his March to the Sea, and he did not think it merited a triumphal song like 'While we were marching through Georgia' - something he got sick of anyway, as they would play it wherever he appeared for the rest of his life.
This was Sherman's March to the Sea and it was lead by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman.
William Tecumseh Sherman. And to this day, no Southerner will ever name his child Sherman.
General Sherman
General William Tecumseh Sherman led a march to the sea burning everything in his way including the city of Atlanta.
It was William T. Sherman.
General Sherman incident happened in 1866.
This was Sherman's March to the Sea and it was lead by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman.
William Tecumseh Sherman. And to this day, no Southerner will ever name his child Sherman.
William T Sherman
General Sherman is well known for Sherman's march. Which is where he and his soldiers marched from Savannah to the coast and burned everything on their way there.
The tactics general Sherman used during the civil war was to cut a path down to Florida by burning every single thing he saw. Houses, churches everything
General William T. Sherman was a General for the Union Army.
General Sherman remained in the army after the US Civil War. In March of 1869, President US Grant promoted Sherman to the US general in chief.
General Sherman is a coniferous tree. It is a giant sequoia, which is a type of evergreen tree that produces cones and has needle-like leaves.
leading the union army on sherman's march.
General Sherman
William Sherman Sherman was the Northern General. Hood replaced Johnston for the South.