Oh be serious here, that's exactly the types of things that supported the armies of the time. Sorry if your great, great granddaddy was involved. My father's people were from Florida so maybe mine were too. On the other hand my mother's people were from the north. Either way it's irrelevant. Sometimes you need to stand back and let the military do what the military does best... kill people and break things.
Actually my parents were on the ground just outside Dresden, being evacuated from the East and the onrushing Soviets, watched the firebombing from a railroad siding. I don’t dispute what Sherman did didn’t help end the war, it was just kind of indiscriminate.