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Under General Grant’s direction, General Sheridan used the total war strategy in the Shenandoah Valley toforce Lee to surrender at Appomattox.destroy civilian resources in the North.carry out the "March to the Sea."cut off Confederate food and supplies. |
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Answer» Answer: Confederate troops were rushed by rail to confront the Union ARMY led by Brigadier General Irwin McDowell at Bull Run. AMONG those who rode by rail was a brigade under an eccentric PROFESSOR from Virginia MILITARY Institute. That brigade delivered the battle’s KNOCKOUT blow and its general, Brigadier General Thomas Jonathan Jackson, would gain his sobriquet “Stonewall”. |
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