| Term | Definition |
|---|
| A. The Savannah Campaign | Q. What is another common name given to Sherman's March to Sea? |
| A. November | Q. In what month in 1864 did the company leave the captured city of Atlanta? |
| A. December 22 | Q. What date did Sherman's troops reach Savannah? |
| A. Total War or Scorched Earth | Q. What is the name of the war tactic Sherman employed that included burning crops, killing livestock, and plundering civilian habitations? |
| A. Vicksburg | Q. Sherman's March has been compared to General Grant's successful _______ Campaign. |
| A. 20 Days | Q. How many days did it take for all of the company's rations to be consumed? |
| A. Wrap them up around tree trunks | Q. What did Sherman order his troops to do to the railroad tracks of the South so that they could not be used? |
| A. Macon, Augusta, or Savannah | Q. What three Southern cities did the opposing Confederate forces consider possible end points to Sherman's march? |
| A. 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment | Q. What regiment (made up entirely of Southerners still loyal to the Union) comprised Sherman's personal escorts? |
| A. Sherman's Necktie | Q. What was the name given to the ruined railroad tracks that Sherman's troops destroyed? |
| A. 50 | Q. How many Confederate prisoners were captured at Bear Creek Station? |
| A. "...live as slaves!" | Q. The Georgia state legislature called for citizens to "Die freemen rather than ________ ____ _______!" |
| A. 2 miles (about 3 km) | Q. How long was the bridge that Sherman's troops built across the Oconee River? |
| A. 66% or 2/3 | Q. Sherman's troops burned what percentage of Columbia, South Carolina? |
| A. They felt South Carolina was responsible for starting the war | Q. Why did Sherman's troops have a special hatred for the state of South Carolina? |
| A. 100,000 | Q. Nearly how many thousand people were in Sherman's army? |
| A. Resaca Station | Q. When Sherman flanked the Confederates at Dalton where did they fall back to? |
| A. Benjamin H. Hill | Q. Which Southerner said, "Every citizen with his gun and every negro with his spade and axe can do the work of a soldier. You can destroy the enemy by retarding his march. Be firm!"? |
| A. Charleston | Q. What city was evacuated the same day that Sherman reached Columbia? |
| A. March 4, 1869 | Q. On what date and year did Sherman replace General Grant as general-in-chief of the armies of the United States? |
| A. New York City, Feb. 14. 1891 | Q. On what date and year did General Sherman die, and where was he? |
| A. William Tecumseh Sherman | Q. Who said, "This may not be war, but rather statesmanship."? |
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