The Only Use
Sherman's March to the Sea
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Gone with the Wind
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- Families from the country districts who had been burned out during Sherman's march and who could no longer make a living without the slaves to till the cotton had come to Atlanta to live.†
Chpt 4.37Sherman's March = Civil War military operation that destroyed farms, railroads, and other property to weaken the Confederate army and break Southern civilians' will to fight
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(Sherman's March to the Sea) Civil War military operation that destroyed farms, railroads, and other property to weaken the Confederate army and break Southern civilians' will to fightDuring the Civil War, Union General William T. Sherman led Union troops across Georgia and then north through the Carolinas. His soldiers tore up rail lines, burned crops and barns, seized food and animals, and damaged factories and towns that supported the Confederate war effort. This harsh "total war" strategy hit civilians as well as soldiers, shocking many people but helping to speed the end of the Civil War. (1864–1865)
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