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General Sherman's Tactics
After reviewing the photographs of the tactics use by General Sherman throughout the Civil War, I have come to the conclusion that nowadays his approach can be seen as excessive and immoral; however, during a time of war, such tactics might have been necessary to culminate the conflict. Moreover, in my opinion, General Sherman conviction to end the war led him to employ a technique known as the “scorched earth tactics;” such strategy can be utilized to break the enemy’s economy and wage psychological warfare on the enemy’s population. By widespread of destruction of civilian infrastructure left behind by General Sherman and the consumption of supplies in South Carolina and Georgia was an effort to stop, demoralize and deplete the Confederate

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