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Grant had become General-in-Chief, and he was not interested in capturing cities, only in destroying armies.
His orders to Sherman were to destroy the Army of Tennessee, wherever it was, and chase it into the mountains if necessary.
Sherman had not succeeded in doing this, but when that army took refuge in Atlanta, Sherman decided to occupy the city, even though the enemy managed to escape.
One reason was that the capture of Atlanta would make big news in the North, and it was the kind of morale-raising victory that would help Lincoln win the upcoming election.
The other was that Sherman was figuring out a way to get free of his over-long supply-line, that was always being attacked by Confederate cavalry. Noting that the rich Georgia farmland had enjoyed a good harvest, he realised that he could live off the land, forget his supply-line, and meanwhile conduct punitive raids on the farms that helped to victual the Confederates in the field.
That is when he planned his March to the Sea.
What else can I help you with?
Who was the union leader at Atlanta during the civil war?
Sherman commanded the Union troops that captured Atlanta in September 1864.
What are 4 cities captured by the union?
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah
Union general who marched through the Shenandoah Valley, destroying farms and livestock?
Philip Sheridan
Who Union general that marched from atlanta to Savannah destroying everything in his path?
Sherman marched through the south bringing total war. He burned everything and the city of Atlanta. After the war he was assigned the task of doing total war on the plains by killing as many buffalo he could. He took to his task with relish and did kill the majority of the herds of buffalo and this wiped out the major supply of food the the plains tribes.
Who was the union general who fought at Shiloh and Vicksburg and burnt down the city of Atlanta?
That general was William Tecumseh Sherman. He was one of General Grant's lieutenants at Shiloh and Vicksburg, and was the overall commander of the combined Union armies at Atlanta.
Who was the Union General who captured atlanta and marched to Savannah?
William T. Sherman
What union general burned Atlanta and marched into the sea?
sherman
Union general who burned atlanta and marched to sea?
W.T. Sherman
Which union general practiced total war as he marched into atlanta?
sherman
Which union general captured Atlanta Grant Sherman Sheridan or Meade?
shermanSherman
Was William Tecumseh Sherman on the side of the union or the confederacy?
He was a Union General who had marched from Atlanta to Savannah and destroyed everything in the sixty mile path.
General who led the union army that captured atlanta georgia?
William T. Sherman.
Who was the union general who captured atlanta Georgia and burned savannahgeorgia?
John B Mccllen
Union general at Atlanta?
Sherman was the union general in Atlanta.
Who was the Union general who burned Atlanta and marched to the sea?
General Tecumseh Sherman, was the Union General who ransacked the South, all the way to the sea. He took over the Union Campaign in the west after General Ulysses S. Grant took over command of the Union Army, or the Army of the Potomac.
Who marched to the sea union or confederates?
Union, with General Sherman.
Who is the union general who marched his army to Georgia?
General Sherman
