How did the "March to the Sea" affect the Confederacy during the Civil War?

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4 June, 09:42

How did the "March to the Sea" affect the Confederacy during the Civil War?

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Damian Ibarra · Answer 1

From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of this "March to the Sea" was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause.