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Grant and Sherman's strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also?
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It also targeted the civilian population of the South.
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Whose strategy of total war targeted not only the confederate army but also the civilian population of the south?
William T. Sherman in Georgia and South Carolina. Phil Sheridan had also been doing something like this in the Shenandoah Valley - on the orders of U.S. Grant.
What was the shermans march about?
A punitive raid on a state that had quit the USA in an arrogant manner and deserved humiliating. A chance to live off the land, while wrecking the Confederate economy and helping the starve the Confederate troops in the field. It meant a complete change of strategy, as Grant had been wanting him to pursue the Army of Tennessee into the mountains. Sherman did not think he could win battles with such a long and vulnerable supply-line. So he decided on his new strategy of destroying the civilian infractructure of the Confederacy. It shortened the war by months, at almost nil casualties.
What importance of the shermans march?
It relieved Sherman of the endless worry over his lengthening supply-line - a single-track railroad all the way back to Nashville, with 24 viaducts that were always being blown up by Confederate cavalry. After he took Atlanta, Sherman decided to reverse Grant's strategy of trying to pursue the Army of Tennessee into the mountains, and instead to attack the infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies - living off the land as he went. This vandal-spree is now viewed with disfavour. But it shortened the war by months at a very low cost in casualties. And it did have the effect of starving the Confederate troops. The army under Lee that eventually surrendered to Grant was indeed close to starvation.
What did grant let confederate soldiers keep?
Sidearms.
How do you know that Fort Henry and Donelson were Confederate forts?
Because they had been recently built as such. And Halleck's first order to Grant was to capture them. In the case of Donelson, Grant captured 15,000 Confederate prisoners.
Whose strategy of total war targeted not only the confederate army but also the civilian population of the south?
William T. Sherman in Georgia and South Carolina. Phil Sheridan had also been doing something like this in the Shenandoah Valley - on the orders of U.S. Grant.
What was the shermans march about?
A punitive raid on a state that had quit the USA in an arrogant manner and deserved humiliating. A chance to live off the land, while wrecking the Confederate economy and helping the starve the Confederate troops in the field. It meant a complete change of strategy, as Grant had been wanting him to pursue the Army of Tennessee into the mountains. Sherman did not think he could win battles with such a long and vulnerable supply-line. So he decided on his new strategy of destroying the civilian infractructure of the Confederacy. It shortened the war by months, at almost nil casualties.
Battle that beagan shermans march to the sea?
Atlanta. When the Confederate army escaped, Sherman briefly attempted a pursuit, but soon settled on his punitive raids on Georgia farms instead. This turned Grant's orders on their head, but fortunately Sherman carried high credibility with Grant.
What strategy did grant accomplish in 1862?
The first major Union victories of the war - Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh - ending hopes of Confederate ascendancy in the West.
What importance of the shermans march?
It relieved Sherman of the endless worry over his lengthening supply-line - a single-track railroad all the way back to Nashville, with 24 viaducts that were always being blown up by Confederate cavalry. After he took Atlanta, Sherman decided to reverse Grant's strategy of trying to pursue the Army of Tennessee into the mountains, and instead to attack the infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies - living off the land as he went. This vandal-spree is now viewed with disfavour. But it shortened the war by months at a very low cost in casualties. And it did have the effect of starving the Confederate troops. The army under Lee that eventually surrendered to Grant was indeed close to starvation.
What goal of the union strategy did grant further and how did he do it?
"find out where your enemy is, get at him as soon as you can, strike at him as hard as you can, and keep moving on." In February 1862, grant made a bold move to take Tennessee. Using ironclad gunboats, grant's forces captured two confederate river forts.
What goal of the union strategy did grant further and how did he do it.?
"find out where your enemy is, get at him as soon as you can, strike at him as hard as you can, and keep moving on." In February 1862, grant made a bold move to take Tennessee. Using ironclad gunboats, grant's forces captured two confederate river forts.
What began the shermans march to the sea?
Sherman's supply-line - a single-track railroad crossing 24 viaducts - was highly vulnerable to attack by Confederate cavalry, and he told Grant he would not be able to pursue the Army of Tennessee into the mountains. He decided to ignore both that army and his own supply-line and simply cross Georgia, living off the land as he went, conducting punitive raids that would help starve the Confederate armies in the field. This strategy turned out totally successful, shortening the war by months at almost nil casualties.
Did puting grant in charge make the unoin or the confederate mad?
Confederate
Who took the confederate capital?
Ulysses S Grant took the confederate capital
What caused the split of the south in two and opened the way for shermans invasion of Georgia?
This could refer to the liberation of the Mississippi, which isolated all Confederate forces West of the river, and gave Grant the credibility to become General-in-Chief, in which post he supervised Sherman. Or it could refer simply to Grant's dividing-up of the remaining Confederacy into two areas - Virginia, where he would attend to Lee, and Tennessee/Georgia where Sherman would attend to Joe Johnston. Remember, Grant never ordered an invasion of Georgia. He just told Sherman to destroy the Army of Tennessee, wherever he found it. It was when Sherman failed to achieve this that he worked out his new strategy of attacking the civilian infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field. Grant was initially sceptical of this, but fortunately Sherman carried high credibility with him.
Was Ulysses S. Grant part of the confederate?
No Ulysses s grant was in the union
