By trying a completely new strategy after the capture and burning of Atlanta.
After a brief and unsuccessful attempt to pursue the Army of Tennessee through the mountains, as ordered by Grant, Sherman turned South-East and laid waste to the rich farmland of Georgia, with almost no Confederate troops to stop him.
This was an attack on the infrastructure that supported the Confederacy, and it shattered civilian morale. (After endorsing the new plan, Grant said "Make Georgia howl" - and it did.)
Few could doubt that this shortened the war by months.
Sherman's victory at Atlanta gave the voters hope that the end was near; so, Lincoln defeated McClellan, and the South was sunk.
After the crushing defeat of Georgia and South Carolina and the hands of Sherman, the south had a big decrease in morale. ChaCha!
Sherman's "March to the Sea"
Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.
It weakened the South's agricultural capacity.
Major General William T. Sherman was a leader fighting for the North or Union side.
After the crushing defeat of Georgia and South Carolina and the hands of Sherman, the south had a big decrease in morale. ChaCha!
After the crushing defeat of Georgia and South Carolina and the hands of Sherman, the south had a big decrease in morale. ChaCha!
The British hoped to defeat the Americans in the South before French help could arrive.
Sherman
William Sherman Sherman was the Northern General. Hood replaced Johnston for the South.
shermans march to the sea was to stop souther infastructure with that ruined the north would be able to defeat the south because he would take any supply line to the south. Sherman's March started in Atlanta, Georgia on 15 November 1864 and ended in Savannah, Georgia on 22 December 1864. The purpose was to stop the supply routes between North and South.
general sherman
sherman went throught the south on a raid that was known as "shermans" march
Sherman's "March to the Sea"
Sherman's destructive campaign through the south is called 'Sherman's March to the Sea'. It began on November 15, 1864, and lasted through December.
The south lost
William T Sherman