I remember one of his orders during his March to the Sea being something along the lines of “If any Southern plantation owner wishes to burn his cotton, his home, and himself rather than submit to the Union, let him. But not his grain - that belongs to the Army.”
My boy Sherman.
Now that’s a man who knew how to deal with traitors to America. Scorched fucking earth.
I remember one of his orders during his March to the Sea being something along the lines of “If any Southern plantation owner wishes to burn his cotton, his home, and himself rather than submit to the Union, let him. But not his grain - that belongs to the Army.”