AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
END OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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make Southerners angrier
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break the South’s will to fight
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distract General Lee from Richmond
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destroy the system of slavery in the South
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Detailed explanation-1: -The tactic of destroying much in an army’s path is called “scorched earth". The Union soldiers would heat up rail road ties and then bend them around tree trunks. They were nicknamed “Sherman’s neckties".
Detailed explanation-2: -To them, Sherman’s devastating march through the South opened the way to the kind of warfare that culminated in World War II. Called total war, it goes beyond combat between opposing military forces to include attacks, both deliberate and indiscriminate, upon civilians and non-military targets.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sherman’s plan was to march his forces to Savannah, Georgia, and destroy anything in their path. To prove the power of the Union, he wanted to commit “total war” on the South. His goal was to terrify Southern civilians into giving up on the war.
Detailed explanation-4: -The purpose of Sherman’s March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. Sherman’s soldiers did not destroy any of the towns in their path, but they stole food and livestock and burned the houses and barns of people who tried to fight back.