Why was Sherman's "total war" a major change from earlier forms of
fighting?

This was an order issued during the civil war by president lincoln ending slavery in the confederate states

The southern states were unhappy with reconstruction. they saw it as punishment by the_? . they were also against_? 2_ , as shown by the black codes. ? 1 ? 2 radical republicans providing equal rights to men and women democrats providing blacks the right to vote moderate republicans providing women us citizen ship

Why are primary sources important when studying historical events