16 mar 1864 año - Ulysses S. Grant made general of all Union armies
Descripción:
- Strategy: wear down Confederacy, cut supply lines
- Forced Lee's army to defend Richmond.
- Sherman's March:
Sherman lead 100,000 men
Tennessee -> Georgia -> South Carolina -> Columbia (origin of secession)
Destroyed everything
Broke Confederate will to fight.
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16 mar 1864 año
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