After conquering the CSA, Sherman turned his energies to conquering Indians in the West.
"Disease, slaughter of the buffalo, their economic base, and intrusion of white settlement, together with the extermination of their most warlike younger men, all were serving the eliminate the Indians. The capstone, literally uniting the white surge, was, as Sherman always believed it would be, the railroad." P. 274
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