Question

The main purpose of General Sherman's "March to the Sea" in 1864 was to....? EXPLAIN AS WELL

A)
convince France and Britain to get out of the war.


B)
capture the important railroad depot at Charleston.


C)
permanently destroy Georgia's ability to produce cotton.


D)
destroy the South's strategic and economic capacity to fight.

Answer 1

D.) destroy the South's strategic and economic capacity to fight.

Answer 2

The answer is D) destroy the South's strategic and economic capacity to fight.

Why is it D)? Well its D) because the main purpose of General Sherman's "March to the Sea" in 1864 was to destroy the South's strategic and economic capacity to fight.. They crushed Georgia's- and the South's- will to fight by waging "total war."