America's Civil War
History 393
Study Questions
Professor John C. Willis
 
 
Sherman's March

 

1.  What key differences distinguish Sherman's "Special Field Orders, No. 120", issued at the outset of his march to the sea, from Lee's "General Orders, No. 73", regarding the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania? 

2.  Why was Sherman convinced that Southern whites must "feel the hard hand of war"? 

3.  Why does John Marszalek emphasize Sherman's direction of the Meridian Campaign in his interpretation of the latter's march to the sea?