mar 16, 1864 - Ulysses S. Grant made general of all Union armies

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- 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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