5. Use the quote to answer the question. This Union and its Government must be sustained, at any and every
cost To sustain it, we must war upon and destroy the organized rebel
forces.-must cut off their supplies, destroy their communications and
produce among the people of Georgia a thorough conviction of the personal
misery which attends war, and the utter helplessness and inability of their
"rulers to protect them. If that terror and grief and even want shall help
to paralyze their husbands and fathers who are fighting us. ...it is mercy in
the end.
---Major Henry Hitchcock, an officer in General Sherman's army
General Grant's strategy of total war was carried out by General Sherman in his
March to the Sea Which belief does this strategy suggest?
А
The cost of Union lives was small compared to the cost of Confederate lives
В.
There was little reason to fight the Confederacy, and most thought the war would
be over quickly
С.
The only way to achieve peace was by changing the minds of the families of
Confederate soldiers.
D
The more destruction and economic damage that was caused the sooner the
Confederates would feel defeated and surrender.