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Sherman’s Destructive March Through South Carolina
- Sherman's men systematically destroyed Southern farms, taking horses and slaughtering cattle while civilians pleaded.
- Soldiers justified harsh measures as revenge and to deny resources to Confederate forces.
Union Material Dominance By 1864
- By late 1864 the Union held clear advantages in manpower, navy size, and industrial output.
- Those material strengths made a prolonged Confederate resistance increasingly impossible.
Soldiers Deserting After Fort Fisher
- After Fort Fisher fell, many Confederate soldiers deserted nightly to protect families from Sherman.
- Desertions cost Lee about eight percent of his army in a month as hope collapsed.