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Why were Sherman's troops so gung-ho about entering South Carolina during the Civil War?

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By crossing Georgia virtually unopposed , they had demonstrated that the confederacy was dying on its feet . So South Carolina was the state that had started the whole war , and Sherman was keen to start punitive raids on South Carolina .
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