General Sherman moved into the South. He then led his Army of Tennessee and led them on a march to Atlanta, then through Georgia, and then up the East Coast. General Sherman brought the South down by ordering large-scale destruction. The importance of General Sherman's March to the Sea was to first destroy the South’s agreement and ability to continue the war, capture a sea port, and finally to act like allies with General Grant. The reason to act like him and Grant were allies is…
Sherman’s March to the Sea I was born on October 5, 1845, in Atlanta, Georgia, and have lived there ever since. On December 11, 1864, my life ended tragically. The Civil War has changed my life for the worst. It all started with Atlanta being shattered. That was when everything in Georgia started falling apart. Atlanta had everything: it was a railroad hub, it had factories, foundries, and warehouses that kept the army equipped with food and weapons. But sadly it got demolished by the Union. November…
General William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea really encompassed nearly the whole State of Georgia. Just as Jackson sought to wage war in an indirect fashion against the political will of the Union to maintain the war by near constant threats to the capitol and by typing up troops, Sherman sought to undermine the civilian population of the south in order to shirk Confederate forces in the Eastern Theater that confronted Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant in front of Richmond and Petersburg. The…