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Why was General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" so important to the Union in the Civil War?

A) It convinced Europe to support the Confederacy.
B) It placed the Mississippi River under Union control.
C) It destroyed important railroads that supplied Confederate forces.
D) Robert E. Lee was forced to surrendered his forces to General Sherman.

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C, it destroyed important railroads that supplied Confederate forces. 
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