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What orders did union general William Tecumseh Sherman give his troops on their march to the sea

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Destroy the farms, kill the livestock, burn any crops the army can't eat and wreck the railroads.

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Destroy the farms, kill the livestock, burn any crops the army can't eat and wreck the railroads.Violence against civilians was strictly forbidden. When this happened, it was usually not at the hands of Sherman's men, but the mounted vandals ("bummers") who rode alongside the army for the food and the fun.
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