Question

One purpose of General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was to A) break the spirits of Confederate citizens. B) allow troops under his command to get rest. C) find ships to sail his soldiers to the North. D) prove that he was the most skilled Union general.

Answer 1

A) break the spirits of Confederate citizens. He marched his troops from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia to try and convince the Georgians to stop supporting the Confederates in hope that if the Confederates lost support they would surrender. 

Answer 2

Answer:

A) break the spirits of Confederate citizens.

Explanation:

Sherman was made famous because of his "March to the Sea". He and his troopers went on "total war" marching through the state of Georgia. This strategy was conjectured on the thought that solders from the Union should destroy anything that was useful to the Confederacy. Union soldiers destroyed railroad lines, took resources that were useful to the Confederacy, burnt plantations and so on. This was meant to bring down the Confederacy and it worked surprisingly well.

Eventually, the Confederacy, with no resources, surrendered to the Union.