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| william tecumseh sherman definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | union general who destroyed south during "march to the sea" from atlanta to savannah, example of total war | 6 sets | |
| 2 | commander of union troops in georgia and south carolina | 4 sets | |
| 3 | union general who marched through georgia, destroying everything the georgians owned in the process. | 3 sets | |
| 4 | united states general who was commander of all union troops in the west | 3 sets | |
| 5 | united states general who was commander of all union troops in the west he captured atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the confederacy in two (1820-1891) | 2 sets | |
| 6 | who stated that "war is all hell"? | 2 sets | |
| 7 | northern general who predicted a long war from the start. | 2 sets | |
| 8 | performed total war, forced confederacy to surrender | 2 sets | |
| 9 | led 10,000 union troops south from tennessee and captured atlanta and marched through the south to savannah waging 'total war' | 2 sets | |
| 10 | he won an important victory at chattanooga, tennessee | 2 sets | |
| 11 | union general at battle of shiloh | 2 sets | |
| 12 | union general who commanded armies in the western theater; captured atlanta then marched to the see in summer and fall 1864 | 2 sets | |
| 13 | union leader that burned atlanta to the ground | 2 sets | |
| 14 | pushed through deep south for union forces | 1 set | |
| 15 | . led the union march from atlanta to the sea | 1 set | |
| 16 | union general ordered to capture atlanta, georgia, and then march to the atlantic coast. his troops completely destoyed everything useful to the south. | 1 set | |
| 17 | union general that burned his way from atlanta to savannah in march known as "sherman's march to the sea". | 1 set | |
| 18 | marched through atlanta to the sea, tough solider, believed in total war, | 1 set | |
| 19 | waged "total war" on the south which means he destroyed everything that could support the enemy army | 1 set | |
| 20 | general who took over atlanta and waged total war (lee surrendered) | 1 set | |
| 21 | union leader that and burned atlanta to the ground. | 1 set | |
| 22 | a general for the union army, advanced towards atlanta | 1 set | |
| 23 | what us general took the city of atlanta, georgia? | 1 set | |
| 24 | won an important victory at chattanooga, tennesse | 1 set | |
| 25 | one of the union generals | 1 set | |
| 26 | american union army officer, his famous march to the sea captured atlanta, georgia, marking an important turning point in the war. | 1 set | |
| 27 | union general who was ordered by grant to march from chattanooga to atlanta. | 1 set | |
| 28 | commander of the tennessee army, led a siege from atlanta to savannah, burned the city of atlanta | 1 set | |
| 29 | union officer; during the civil war led the famous march to the sea that captured the city of atlanta | 1 set | |
| 30 | union general who used total warfare to get confeds to serender | 1 set | |
| 31 | lead the north through the south to sea destoying everything in its path(sherman's march) | 1 set | |
| 32 | the general who led "the march to the sea" was... | 1 set | |
| 33 | a union general in the civil war whose "march to the sea" in 1864 helped defeat the confederacy. | 1 set | |
| 34 | union general who believed in total war | 1 set | |
| 35 | as commander of the military division of the mississippi. these two appointments would change the course of the war | 1 set | |
| 36 | general ordered by grant to capture atlanta, georgia and wage total war. destroyed rail road tracks, burned the wood and heated the metal rails so they could bend them, killed livestock, burned homes villages bridges and factories | 1 set | |
| 37 | leader of the "march to the sea"; man who said "war is hell" | 1 set | |
| 38 | general of the union army during the civil war, known for his use of "total warfare" | 1 set | |
| 39 | 1820 - 1891 union general whose destructive march through georgia in 1864 helped defeat the confederacy | 1 set | |
| 40 | this man marched across georgia to savannah and the see, destroying everything in his path | 1 set | |