The Union army's march to the sea through Georgia under General Sherman was notable because:
A. The Northern soldiers engaged in an orgy of rape and murder of civilians
B. It ended with Sherman's army bogged down in trench warfare much like what was to come in the First World War
C. The soldiers inflicted total destruction on the land and its economic resources
D. The army foolishly blundered into several Confederate ambushes and suffered needlessly heavy casualties
Answer: C
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