Major General William T. Sherman, commander of the compulsory Union Army of the Tennessee, writes to Lieutenant General Ulysses Simpson (a.k.a. Hiram Ulysses) Grant, General-in-Chief of the Army of the united States,
Until we can repopulate Georgia it is useless to occupy it, but utter destruction of its roads, houses, and people will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads we will lose a thousand men monthly and will gain no result. I can make the march and make Georgia howl. (emphasis added)
Question: Why would it be necessary to “repopulate Georgia” unless the compulsory Union objective was genocide?
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References:
James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy, The South Was Right!, (Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican, 1994), 290.
Telegram of William T. Sherman to Ulysses S. Grant, October 9, 1864 · Civil War Era NC
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