Civil War- which is a true statement? A or B?

Question

a. After capturing Atlanta, Sherman's troops set fire to large portions of it.

b. After capturing New Orleans, Sherman's troops set fire to large portions of it

Answer 1

A - Sherman burned Atlanta in order to disrupt the southern war effort.

Whether you like it or not (not), that's what he did.

Answer 2

A. is true. Sherman wasn't involved with capturing New Orleans during the Civil War. The burning of Atlanta was the beginning of his March to the Sea, where his troops burned almost everything between Atlanta and Savannah.

Answer 3

Neither is true.B:Sherman didn't capture New Orleans and it wasn't set on fire.New Orleans was captured by Union General Ben Butler.He was known as Spoons due to his personal pilfering of valuables.A:Gone With The Wind is fiction,not history.Despite the famous words she put in Rhett Butler's mouth,Margaret Mitchell DID give a damn.She perpetrated the myth that Sherman torched Atlanta.In fact,the city was set on fire by retreating Confederate soldiers.

Answer 4

c. After capturing Atlanta, Sherman's troops set fire to and destroyed any materials that could be used by the Confederacy for the war effort.

Answer 5

C , after a 4 month siege, Confederate General John B. Hood ordered the evacuation of Atlanta and ordered all public buildings and possible Union assets burned or destroyed.
When Sherman left Atlanta he ordered anything still left standing to be destroyed, but he specifically gave orders to not destroy the churches or hospitals.

Answer 6

Atlanta was burned quite famously by Sherman in the civil war. As seen in Gone With the Wind.

Answer 7

a is true sherman set fire to the city and destroy the crops and stuff.. then he went to savannah

Answer 8

a

Answer 9

A

Answer 10

A