B: To wage total war on the South
General Ulysses S. Grant's strategy involved a campaign of total war, which aimed to diminish the South's capacity to fight by targeting not only the Confederate armies but also the economic resources and infrastructure that supported them. This approach was evident during campaigns such as his orchestration of the March to the Sea by General William Tecumseh Sherman, which sought to break the will of the Confederacy through destruction of supplies and resources.
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