Why did William T. Sherman want to attack Columbia? (1 point) Responses because he had lost a previous skirmish there because he wanted to attack the capital of the state where the war began because it was located directly in his line of march from Georgia to North Carolina because it was a symbol of arrogance and the plantation economy that pushed the nation toward war

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Why did William T. Sherman want to attack Columbia? (1 point) Responses because he had lost a previous skirmish there  because he wanted to attack the capital of the state where the war began  because it was located directly in his line of march from Georgia to North Carolina  because it was a symbol of arrogance and the plantation economy that pushed the nation toward war

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The most accurate response to this question would be: - because it was located directly in his line of march from Georgia to North Carolina. Sherman wanted to attack Columbia, South Carolina because it was strategically located in his planned route of march from Georgia to North Carolina.