which general's famous march to the atlantic had the purpose of dividing the upper and lower south?
grant
johnston
lee
sherman

     William Tecumseh Sherman ( 1820 - 1891 ) was American Civil war general. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South.
      In 1864 Sherman was leading his troops on the so-called "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savannah on the Atlantic coast. Sherman`s army destroyed railroads and supplies of the Confederacy and divided the upper and the lower South.
     
    D ) Sherman.