Sherman and Grant waged total war primarily to undermine the Confederacy's capacity and will to fight by targeting not only military forces but also the economic and civilian resources that supported them. This strategy aimed to demoralize the Southern population and hasten the end of the Civil War by demonstrating the futility of continued resistance. Their campaigns, particularly Sherman's March to the Sea, aimed to break the South's spirit and resolve, ultimately contributing to a quicker Union victory.
Sherman was the first to wage war on both civilians & military aspects of the nation Sherman was the first to wage war on both civilians & military aspects of the nation Sherman was the first to wage war on both civilians & military aspects of the nation
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 practiced a strategy called total war. They both surrounded their opponents.
They both praticed total war and surrounded their opponents
He kind of put it in place during the civil war along with Sheridan and Grant
To change the course of the war. Grant and Sherman both believed that it was the strength of the people's will that was keeping the war going.
to protect their families in the north
Sherman was the first to wage war on both civilians & military aspects of the nation Sherman was the first to wage war on both civilians & military aspects of the nation Sherman was the first to wage war on both civilians & military aspects of the nation
Grant was willing to fight hard enough to end the war. Sherman instituted the tactic of destroying an enemy's infrastructure and ability to wage war. Example: Sherman's march to the sea through Atlanta, GA.
To destroy the civilian infrastructure that supported the armies in the field. Sherman's March to the Sea wrecked farms and railroads, helping to starve the enemy troops. It shortened the war by months at almost nil casualties.
William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant
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.
The two Union officers who believed in and demonstrated the effectiveness of the strategy of total war were General Ulysses Grant and General William Sherman. Grant's Overland Campaign in 1864 and Sherman;s March to The Sea in 1864 were examples of total war by two military leaders.
Sherman practiced a strategy called total war. They both surrounded their opponents.
During the US Civil War, Union generals Grant and Sherman employed what was called total war and /or scorched earth tactics.
to kill every southerners
They both praticed total war and surrounded their opponents