Civil War 3

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States of America. All of this will most certainly illustrate
that April 9, 1865 was indeed the end of a tragedy.

CUTTING OFF THE SOUTH

In September of 1864, General William T. Sherman and his army
cleared the city of Atlanta of its civilian population then rested ever so
briefly. It was from there that General Sherman and his army began its
famous "march to the sea". The march covered a distance of 400 miles and
was 60 miles wide on the way. For 32 days no news of him reached the
North. He had cut himself off from his base of supplies, and his men lived
on what ever they could get from the country through which they passed.
On their route, the army destroyed anything and everything that they could
not use but was presumed usable to the enemy. In view of this destruction,
it isunderstandable that Sherman quoted "war is hell" (Sherman, William
T.,Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood
Press, 1972). Finally, on December 20, ...

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together an army with every resource he
could lay his hands on, but at best would only be able to muster about
30,000 men. This by obvious mathematics would be no challenge to the
combined forces of Schofield and Sherman, let alone Sherman. Sherman's
plan was to march through South Carolina all the while confusing the
enemy. His men would march in two ranks: One would travel northwest to
give the impression of a press against Augusta and the other would march
northeast toward Charleston. However the one true objective would be
Columbia.
Sherman's force arrived in Columbia on February 16. The city wa
burned to the ground and great controversy was to arise. The
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