AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
SHERMANS MARCH TO THE SEA
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Question
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What two answers best explain why did Sherman divided up his troops into four separate armies for the march?
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He received direct orders from Abraham Lincoln to do so
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Because it was the same tactic that the South was using
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To confuse the Confederate army.
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By spreading out his forces they were able to find more food along the way.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -This is where they took all of the resources and destroyed what was in their path! What two answers best explain why did Sherman divided up his troops into four separate armies for the march? To confuse the Confederate army. By spreading out his forces they were able to find more food along the way.
Detailed explanation-2: -After they lost Atlanta, the Confederate army headed west into Tennessee and Alabama, attacking Union supply lines as they went. Sherman was reluctant to set off on a wild goose chase across the South, however, and so he split his troops into two groups.
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