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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: [QB] [QUOTE]caused financial hardships by looting, freeing slaves, taking food and provisions, and burning Atlanta.[/QUOTE]Waiting for supply lines was impossible for Sherman -- a quick end to the war meant ordering his troops to forage for what they needed so as to facilitate faster movements. Atlanta was a major production point for the South -- destroying it, and preventing its recapture, would cripple the Confederate war machine and bring them to their knees. When Sherman occupied Savannah on December 22nd, "mercy ships" from the North brought supplies to the populations. When Confederate agents crossed through Canada into New York City, and deliberately fire-bombed hotels, they were knowingly targeting civilian populations for death. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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