I have heard several variations on what Patton did to Phenix City, or Russell or Lee Counties. I doubt any of them are true.
I have heard it from people who should have known that when they were chased out of Phenix City, they went to McNairy, County, TN. These were the same people that Buford Pusser ran into. The first “Walking Tall” movie was supposedly pretty accurate.
And that group...the “Dixie Mafia” had a judge in Mississippi murdered and one of the criminals in that group was the mayor of Biloxi, Pete Halat.