Civil War Letter Writing
Project
Test Resources
Civil War Map Question 10-13
Gettysburg Address Question 25, 26
Quotaion: - Question 29 -30
[Union General William Tecumseh Sherman sent the following note to General U.S. Grant in November 1864, soon after Sherman captured Atlanta. The following is taken from the book
The Siege of Savannah, published in 1874 by Charles Colcock Jones]
[…] Until we can repopulate Georgia, it is useless to occupy it: but the
utter destruction of its roads, houses and people will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads we will lose a thousand men monthly, and will gain no result. I can make the march and make Georgia howl.... [Confederate General John Bell] Hood may turn into Tennessee and Kentucky, but I believe he will be forced to follow me. Instead of being on the defensive I would be on the offensive. Instead of guessing at what he means, he would have to guess at my plans. The difference in war is full twenty-five per cent. I can make Savannah, Charleston, or the mouth of the Chattahoochee. I prefer to march through Georgia, smashing things to the sea.