USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

END OF THE CIVIL WAR

[SOURCES]
What other Confederate city did General Sherman capture as part of his march to the sea?

(A) ** Savannah

(B) St. Louis

(C) Sacramento

(D) San Diego

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Sherman’s next major action was the capture of Columbia, the strategically important capital of South Carolina.

Concept note-2: -The March to the Sea, the most destructive campaign against a civilian population during the Civil War (1861-65), began in Atlanta on November 15, 1864, and concluded in Savannah on December 21, 1864.

Concept note-3: -Not only did he take control of Atlanta, a major railroad hub, and Savannah, a major sea port, but he laid the land between Atlanta and Savannah to waste, destroying all that was in his path.