Why did General Sherman undertake his "March to the Sea"?

Question 3 options:

A) to reach and take Atlanta to control Georgia's transportation routes

B) to reach Tennessee to begin moving Union forces further north

C) to inflict so much damage that Georgians would call for an end to the war

D) to gather food and forage for Sherman's starving soldiers and pack animals

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10 April, 02:07

Why did General Sherman undertake his "March to the Sea"?

Question 3 options:

A) to reach and take Atlanta to control Georgia's transportation routes

B) to reach Tennessee to begin moving Union forces further north

C) to inflict so much damage that Georgians would call for an end to the war

D) to gather food and forage for Sherman's starving soldiers and pack animals

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Tiana Cooke · Answer 1

The answer is C) to inflict so much damage that Georgians would call for an end to the war.

Elisa Holmes · Answer 2

The answer is "C) to inflict so much damage that Georgians would call for an end to the war".

Sherman's March to the Sea (otherwise called the Savannah Campaign) was a military battle of the American Civil War directed through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. The crusade started with Sherman's troops leaving the caught city of Atlanta on November 15 and finished with the catch of the port of Savannah on December 21. His powers pursued a "scorched earth" approach, crushing military focuses and industry, foundation, and non military personnel property and disturbing the Confederacy's economy and its transportation systems.