It was Sherman’s March to the Sea. After the successful completion of his
campaign in Atlanta, General William Tecumseh Sherman met with General Ulysses
Grant to devise a plan to invade the South.
As he was doing that, Grant would continue to engage Confederate General
Robert E. Lee. His triumph in Atlanta
paved the way for Sherman to march into the South with a battle-harden troops
armed with repeating rifles that outgunned the Confederates. In his march, he supplied his armies by
living off the land. He took away the
South’s ability to supply rebel forces by destroying railroads taking food and
materials from the residents. Lee could
do nothing as Grant kept him busy in Petersburg. Soon many rebels began to desert and
eventually the South surrendered.
