Question

Near the end of the War, a military victory in Atlanta by this general secured Lincoln's election to a second presidential term. He is best remembered for his systematic destruction of Southern lands, leading to the end of the Civil War. From Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, he and his troops burned and killed everything in their path.

Answer 1

It was General William Sherman and his March to the Coast.

Source: http://www.manythings.org/voa/history/112.html

Answer 2

The yankee Sherman.... Burned my families land and even took some... I'll never have respect for the intolerable yanks...