 Sherman was the chief purveyor of war crimes against civilians by the thousands, and his arguments were, well, I had to live off the land because I didn't have supplies. Totally fallacious. He intentionally burned out women and children, old people, black, white, didn't care. Trampling Union Terror is a follow-up book. I got a hold of a treasure trove of diaries from Union chaplains, from Union sergeant majors, that when they went on these terror raids, they'd write down all the stuff they did.