Military Conflict in the Civil War

AP US History· difficulty 3/5

Sherman's March to the Sea, 1864 Atlanta Savannah ~285 miles crops/rails destroyed Goal: break Southern will to fight

Sherman's strategy depicted is best characterized as:

  • A

    Total war directed at Southern civilian infrastructure to break the Confederacy's economic and psychological capacity to fight

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  • B

    Conventional pitched battle with the main Confederate army

  • C

    A defensive operation guarding Union supply lines

  • D

    A naval campaign supported by army units

Explanation

Sherman deliberately targeted railroads, crops, and property to destroy the South's capacity and will to continue the war, an early example of modern total-war strategy.

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