How did Sherman's march to the sea end the war?

Answer 1

Sherman's March during the Civil War resulting in great devastation to the southern states. The first city hit was Atlanta, Georgia, that was nearly burned to the ground and ended in Savannah, Georgia with devastation in every city along the way.

Answer 2

General Sherman's march to the sea ended with the majority of old Georgia being burned down. He started in Atlanta, and ended in Savanna. He did not, however, burn Savanna, instead presenting it as a present for Lincoln.

Answer 3

The pillaging and destruction worried many Southern soldiers and so the combination of Southerners deserting to go home and defend their families and the economic damage caused was a major blow to the South.

Answer 4

The civilians of Georgia completely demoralised - literally begging the troops to cross the river and ravage their sister-Confederate state of South Carolina.

Total despoiling of the farms and the recent good harvest, bringing more starvation to the Confederate armies everywhere.

Evidence for all to see that the Confederacy was on its last legs.

Prelude to the final march into the Carolinas and the surrender of the last Confederate army in the Eastern theatre.

Answer 5

Seeing that the rich Georgia farmland had enjoyed a good harvest, Sherman decided that he could forget his vulnerable supply-line and live off the land, while conducting a punitive raid on this treasonous state, attacking the infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field.

It was a 6-week march from Atlanta, southeast to Savannah, cutting a wide swathe through the state. The emphasis was on the burning of farms, the slaughtering of livestock and the ruining of crops. Violence against civilians was strictly forbidden, and when this did occur, it was mostly not by Sherman's troops, but by the unruly mounted drifters ("Bummers") who rode alongside the army, just for the fun (and the food).

When they reached Savannah, they expected a battle, and probable destruction of that beautful city, but the small Confederate army escaped across the river to South Carolina, where Sherman presently pursued them.

Regaining contact with Washington on December 24th (after the wires had been cut for weeks), Sherman humorously offered Lincoln the city of Savannah as a Christmas present.

It is ironical that Sherman's march earned him such a name for brutality, when the casualties were so few, and his new strategy undoubtedly shortened the war by months.

Answer 6

The Union won, and General William T. Sherman was happy. Lincoln was reelected as President.

Answer 7

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