BOTH were WAR CRIMINALS, who believed in the rightness of their cause and were willing to do ANYTHING to advance that cause! ANYTHING, no matter how SAVAGE, UNCIVILIZED OR EVIL!
of course lincoln & stanton were WORSE than sherman, but not by much. the Nurenburg trials found as a matter of LAW, that those who CARRY OUT unlawful orders are just as CRIMINAL as those who gave the orders.
for a FREE dixie REPUBLIC,sw
All were Southern failures when it came to the big test, winning the war.
Whats wrong with burning the enemy's homeland to end a war? Southern Honor at stake? What a selfish "ooh it feels so good to be a southern gentelman" pile of BS. Burn buildings, destroy crops, destroy industry....Do what it takes to end any war and save lives.
And since you're so fond of making comparisons to WWII, how about Hiroshima, was that a War Crime? Innocents killed, homes destroyed..but you probably think its ok, being a high altitude bomb, its kind of sterile, no romance to it at all.