[Jewbacca]

” They went out of their way to slaughter, pillage and destroy everything in their path from Atlanta to the sea, a scale of destruction unmatched since the Thirty Year’s War, some two centuries earlier.”

They also won the war. Something to remember.

[Vigilanteman]

They also won the war. Something to remember.

It depends on whether you want them to behave as a conquered nation with generations of resentment or as an ally and equal partner. I MUCH prefer the later.

Do you really think the union would NOT have not the war without the depravities which characterized Sherman's march?

And, by the way, I think Lincoln was one of our greatest presidents. I would rank only Washington, Jefferson and possibly Ronald Reagan ahead of him.

But I also think his two greatest mistakes were:

1. Invading Virginia in response to Ft. Sumter. A contingent of U.S. warships backed up the marines could have retaken or, at least, neutralized the fort and kept Virginia and three other states in the Union.

2. Allowing Sherman's army to make war on the civilian population of Georgia.

[beckysueb]

But they didn’t have to do it to women and kids. They were fighting a standing army. The north were cowards for fighting women and children and destroying their homes and stealing their food supply. Sherman was a monster and you can deny it all you want. Its a fact.