It wasn't just Atlanta. That bastard sowed a path of destruction to the sea. If you drive through most any town and you see an empty square, he was likely there. The ones that contain a park used to have Court Houses. He burned them all.
The park square in Marietta, Georgia once had a Courthouse. Sherman was there while it burned and made a speech about it.
He was a very cruel man indeed and no need in what he ordered or allowed to be done.
Sherman targeted civilians. Isn’t that a War Crime?