the civil war

[mpdickens]

Net Llama! wrote:
> There are many scholarly essays which assert that Sherman was the
> first military leader in modern history who truly understand that in order
> to win a war, you must defeat not only the opposing military forces, but
> also the spirit of the civilians.  Creating a swatch of destruction across
> Georgia certainly drove that point home.

The south had, by this time, decisively lost the war. Also, no other 
city or state that Sherman conquored was so totally destroyed as Atlanta
and Georgia. As brilliant a military officer as Sherman was, after 
Chicamauga, he was totally out of control. This point is driven home by
the fact that the Union ordered him not to go South of Savannah to 
Florida and sent other Generals who were much less capable and much 
farther from Florida than he was (As much as a month away.... And in 
war, time *is* your enemy).

Regarding civilians, so, you think it's OK to shoot Catholic Priests and 
women ss he did in Milledgeville...? You don't think that's out of control?


Best

Peck