Question

hat was the primary purpose of General Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign?

Group of answer choices

A to unblock the roads leading into Atlanta in order to force troops there to surrender or starve

B to cripple the South by capturing and destroying its manufacturing and railroad hubs

C to supply food and ammunition to Confederate troops in Atlanta

D to capture Atlanta as a gift for President Lincoln

Answer 1

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Answer 2

B) to cripple the South by capturing and destroying its manufacturing and railroad hubs

Explanation:

• In a 285 miles march from Atlanta to Savannah , Georgia, Union General William T. Sherman led about 60,000 troops from November 15 to December 21 , 1864. Sherman's March at sea was intended to frighten the people of Georgia in abandoning the cause of the Confederate
• Sherman believed that the success of the Confederacy was not derived from their powers of war, but from the financial and emotional resources of benevolent Southern whites. Factories, farms and railroads supplied Confederate soldiers with what they wanted and he argued, that the Confederate war effort would fail if he could destroy those things.
• On Sept. 2, 1864, the soldiers of General Sherman seized Atlanta. This was an significant victory, as Atlanta was a transportation hub and the Confederacy 's industrial center: it had ammunition plants, foundries and warehouses supplied with weapons, food and other supplies for the Confederate Army.
• His forces went about destroying industry, infrastructure, civilian property, and military targets, transportation networks, and disrupting the Confederacy's network