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Under the command of General Grant, General Sherman's march to the sea and the capture of Atlanta was devastating to the Confederacy. Basically Sherman fought a "scorched earth" campaign. The reasoning behind this strategy was to totally demoralize the South and thus bring the War to an end more rapidly.

Many of General Grant's tactics may have seen extreme and maybe even cruel. There are plenty of examples of this. One was between Grant & Lee. After a fierce battle, Lee requested a 2 day truce so he could properly bury his dead soldiers. Grant refused and renewed his attacks.

In Grant's defense, his idea that by ending the war as soon as possible, it would in the end save more lives. Thus unlike the previous leaders of the Army of the Potomac, Grant seemed more ruthless.

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