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He is most strongly identified with his March to the Sea, for which the people of Georgia have never forgiven him.
It is ironical that he got such a name for brutality, when his march cost almost nil casualties, and shortened the war by months.
Lincoln had won re-election by this time, which meant the Confederates had no chance of winning. Sherman appealed to the Georgians to surrender, but they just wanted to show that they were not the sort of people to give up.
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What Union General bacame famous for his march of destruction through Georgia?
It was William T. Sherman.
General Sherman marched to the what?
aw, the old expreshion. he if famous for his "march to the sea"
Who was the union general who made the famous march to the sea?
William T. Sherman
What Northern general led the famous march to the sea during the cilvil war?
William T. Sherman
Who burned atlanta during the civil war?
William Tecumseh Sherman. And to this day, no Southerner will ever name his child Sherman.
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