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who burned the south during the civil war
Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on march from Atlanta to Savannah. Sherman’s soldiers burned the houses and barns of people who tried to fight back.
what happened next after the south was burned
After they lost Atlanta, the Confederate army headed west into Tennessee and Alabama, attacking Union supply lines as they went.
when was the official end of the civil war
Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Last fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 13, 1865.

Question: how was the era after the war
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