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Taking an enemy's capital not that important.
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Secondly, Grant grasped, as did Sherman,
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the political character of this war,
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that this was now a war to be won or lost in public opinion.
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Because it had become all-out,
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because it was now a war upon people, upon resources,
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it depended deeply
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upon morale and the will of either side
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to somehow see it through.
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Third, Grant, and Sherman especially,
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determined that this would now be a war on southern resources.
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The destruction of slavery, of course,