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He pulled the rail ties up and bent them. They were called Sherman's hairpins.

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What does the Union plan tell you about the transportation in the South?

The importance of the rivers as military highways - especially the Mississippi, the Tennessee and the Cumberland. The vulnerability of the railroads, of which the South had much less mileage than the North. (Sherman's wrecking of the Georgia railroads greatly shortened the war.)


Which of these was not directly associated with the railroads?

Sherman Antitrust Act


Did general William sherman have apart in the railroads?

yes he did


How did total war affect the South?

It was deliberate wrecking of the farms and the railroads, to ruin the Southern economy and starve the Confederate armies in the field. It was carried out in the Shenandoah Valley by Sheridan, and in Georgia and South Carolina by Sherman.


How total war affected the south?

It was deliberate wrecking of the farms and the railroads, to ruin the Southern economy and starve the Confederate armies in the field. It was carried out in the Shenandoah Valley by Sheridan, and in Georgia and South Carolina by Sherman.


How did general William T Sherman wage total war against the south during his march to the sea?

By attacking the infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field - the farms and the railroads.


How many railroads did the north an the south have?

The North had 34,022 kilometres of railroads The South had 14,141 " " " The Border States had 3,020 kilometres of railroads .


Who carried out the union plan to destroy southern railroads and industries?

William tecumseh Sherman


What toll did Sherman's march to the sea have on the confederate war effort?

Sherman was destroying the recent harvest from some of the richest farmland in the South. This would help to starve both the civilian population and the Confederate armies in the field. He also wrecked the railroads, which would help to ruin the Southern economy.


How the union army destroyed the south in Sherman march to the sea?

Probably the most effective methods were the destruction of many railroads, food supplies, and the burning of important cities, i.e., Atlanta and Rome, GA.


What were two consequences of Sherman's victories in the south?

Liberation of the blockade-runners' favourite port of Savannah. Wrecking of farms and railroads, which helped to bring Confederate troops in the field to the level of starvation that triggered the surrender.


How many railroads did the north have during the civil war?

The North - very much so. They were able to transport troops and weapons further and faster. And they were able to maintain their railroads to a higher standard. By comparison, the Southern railroads were in a dreadful state - especially after Sherman taught his men how to twist the rails so that they couldn't be used again until they had been sent to a rolling-mill. (Sherman's neckties).