Question

what did general sherman think should be done with the lands that had come under government control during the war? How did northerners and southerners react to his plan?

Answer 1

He thought that the freed land should be given to the African-American people who were freed. This was opposed by all sides since the southerners didn't want their land in African-American hands while the Northerners thought that it would be too much and would agitate the southerners.