What impact did the military strategy of total war have on the people of the south during the civil war

It did not end well because the General William Sherman's strategies essentially destroyed everything in his path of the march. They destroyed crops, animal, or anything in their way so it definitely had a negative impact on the people of the south.

you really need to put more information in your (question); /// i believe you are talking about ///creek traveler"s rest, about lewis and clark not good