Sherman was a war criminal. I have read that he knew Lincoln would not approve of his actions so he cut off all communications until his terrible deed had been completed.
Not true. Grant and Sherman briefed Lincoln before the campaign began. Lincoln knew full what Sherman intended to do while marching through Georgia.
The winners write the history. For good or ill. No Geneva convention in 1865. All’s fair in love and war.
“Forget It Jake … it’s Chinatown “
Sherman was no war criminal. He was a great patriot who helped Grant bring a swift end to a war which should never have happened in the first place.
A handful of aristicratic Democrat slavers started a war against the Republic and lost. Democrats were traitors then, they are traitors now. Little has changed.