I'm well versed in what the Federal Monster led by a ruthless butcher can do to a group of states that tries to "come and go as they please". I read it in horror but you probably get aroused studying the "Torches" Atlanta campaign.
You're up to your eyebrows in Southron mythology, yes.
I read it in horror...
Read it in horror? Read what? Specifics, please. How about some of your sources? As many myths have have been propagated by the lost causers, few attract as many as Sherman's fall 1864 campaign. I had one of you try to tell me, in perfect seriousness, that Sherman salted farm fields from Atlanta to Savannah and that you could still see the sterile land from space. You got anything as colorful as that?
... but you probably get aroused studying the "Torches" Atlanta campaign.
You are a strange individual, aren't you?