There were many factors that led both Union and Confederate armies to be so destructive throughout the war. How did the spectacle of Andersonville Prison and Sherman's March to the Sea burn in the memory of the Union and Confederate populations respectively?

Explanation:

How important was this march to both the North and the South? Sherman proposed to march his army all through the heart of Georgia, destroying everything in the path that could conceivably aid the Confederacy. ... If the strategy failed, the Union, and especially its leaders, would be ridiculed for not ending the war.The purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. Sherman's soldiers did not destroy any of the towns in their path, but they stole food and livestock and burned the houses and barns of people who tried to fight back

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