“Foraging in enemy country is not necessarily thieving. The confederates foraged in union territory too, FYI.”
I believe if you do your research you will find that the Confederate Armies operating in the east (PA and MD) were scrupulous in issuing chits for supplies sequestered. You will not find the Confederate Army burning barns, homes and looting the family of all precious metals. That distinction was earned by the Union Army in the coastal Carolinas, Shenendoah, and Georgia. It was in fact a direct order to do so by Union Generals. Once again, it is what it was.
Not true of the raids in Ohio/Indiana. As I stated both sides were guilty. The maker will set the price.
So if the Union foragers had only given out worthless scrip based on a valueless currency, it all would have been okay?