What was the purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea?

Answer 1

To attack the civilian infrastructure behind the Confederate war-effort - burning farms, wrecking railroads, helping to starve the troops in the field and destroying civilian morale.

It shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties,.

Answer 2

To attack the civilian infrastructure behind the Confederate war-effort - burning farms, wrecking railroads, helping to starve the troops in the field and destroying civilian morale.

It shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties,.

Answer 3

{| |- | The purpose was to split the Confederacy in two. Sherman's march destroyed any military goods, rail tracks and telegraph lines available. They also destroyed or confiscated any supplies such as food, ammunition and horses. |}
destroy the South's strategic and economic capacity to fight.