Shermans March to the Sea: The Most Decisive Moment of the Civil War

Table of Contents

Introduction
Moral Impact on the Confederate
Economic Impact
Influence on the End of the War
The March and Lincolns Election
Conclusion
References

Introduction

Civil War is the bloodstain for the United States, and Shermans March to the Sea is the most decisive moment against the Confederacy that led the War to its ending. This paper aims to discuss this campaigns moral impact for the Confederates, economic effect, the Marchs influence on the end of the war, and Lincolns election.

Moral Impact on the Confederate

Shermans purpose was to destroy all of the objects that might have any military value for the Confederates. Sherman had terrorized the countryside; his men had destroyed all sources of food and forage and had left behind a hungry and demoralized people (Bailey, 2017). The loss of peoples support as the moral impact collapsed all of the sources that supported the Confederacy behind the battlefield.

Economic Impact

Sherman claimed that he used the statistics showing the produce of every country to reach and that he attempted to destroy those places most abundant in agriculture. The March to the Sea reached his goal it ruined the Souths agricultural structures so that it took many years to repair the agricultural and economic stability.

Influence on the End of the War

Sherman intended that his campaign will get the War to its faster ending. The frightened civilians refused to believe in the help of the Confederate, and it made them more willing to give up (Bailey, 2017). These damages affected the Confederate, and it led the War to an end in five months.

The March and Lincolns Election

Lincoln was reelected in 1864 and faced doubts in his presidency from the citizens drained by the War. Nevertheless, the Shermans March became a massive breakthrough to the end of the War, and then to the end of slavery that made Lincoln a legendary president.

Conclusion

The March to the Sea is undoubtedly the most decisive moment of the Civil War based on its moral and economic destroying impact on the South. It reflects Shermans intentions to lead the War to a faster ending and is a masterpiece of military art.