The excerpt above is an example of the author using direct address.
The author, after telling what he/she wants to tell, directs the reader directly to make it sympathize with the characters in the story and reflect.
It's simple food gathering is early days and the other is not
A) to guarantee each civilian a minimum standard of living in wartime
The correct answers are: He wanted to punish the people of the South and he wanted to boost morale in the Northern states.
Sherman's March to the Sea and its scorched earth policy was a ploy by Sherman to make the war as uncomfortable as possible for the treasonous South. Sherman wanted the South to feel pain as a way to encourage them to quit the war.
