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3  Total War: War waged with little regard for the welfare of troops on either side or for enemy civilians; the objective is to destroy both the human and the economic resources of the enemy.

4  1. No prisoner-of-war exchanges after the Massacre at Fort Pillow,  (Culminated in the harsh treatment of Union soldiers at the Confederate POW Camp in Andersonville,GA)  2. Destroy all of the enemies supplies and force them into submission.

5 SHERMAN’S PLAN 1. Lincoln tells Grant & Sherman, “Leave every Southern plantation sacked, and every Southern city in flames." 2. Sherman wants to make “Georgia howl”. THE ITINERARY  A. -Sherman attacks Chattanooga on 11/23/1863  B. -Sherman marches through Kennesaw Mt. GA 6/27/1864  C. -Sherman marches burns, Atlanta, GA 9/2/1864

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7 1. Grant’s Objective is to Capture Richmond, Lee’s Objective is to Stop Grant. 2. May 5-7 th : Battle of the Wilderness, Lee stops Grant 3. June 1-13th: Battle of Cold Harbor, VA Grant will lose over 60,000 men, more than Lee's entire army.

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9 SHERMAN’S NECKTIES SHERMAN’S SENTINELS

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12 THE UNION PARTYTHE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

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