[Doctor 2Brains]

Sorry, I’ve just never read of the systematic, wholesale, wanton destruction perpetrated by the South that I’ve read of with Sherman.

This Chambersburg stuff is small potatoes to Sherman’s antics, akin to saying, “See, here’s a GI who shot a Nazi prisoner, so how can you complain about Auschwitz.”

[BroJoeK]

Doctor 2Branins: "Sorry, I’ve just never read of the systematic, wholesale, wanton destruction perpetrated by the South that I’ve read of with Sherman.
This Chambersburg stuff is small potatoes to Sherman’s antics"

But Chambersburg is far from the only example of Confederate destructions in Union states.
Indeed, there were three separate assaults on Chambersburg -- 1862 (Stuart), 1863 (Jenkins) and 1864 (Early).
Each was consistent with Confederate forces behavior outside the Confederacy proper -- looting of military supplies, destruction of railroads & bridges useful to the Union, disregard for or deliberate destruction of Union civilian property, kidnapping & returning of blacks (regardless of status) to slavery.

In no case did these troops "pay for" their "requisitions".

And there were many similar invasions, including:

1. Maryland, 1862 thrice: Jackson at Front Royal, BT Johnson & Lee at Antietam
   1863 Stuart to Gettysburg
   1864 Early at Monocacy

2. Ohio & Indiana 1862 (Johnson & Jenkins) and 1863 (Morgan)

3. Kentucky, many invasions all during the war, from Polk's in 1861 through Forrest at Fort Anderson in 1864.

4. Missouri, from Wilson Creek in 1861 (McCulloch) through bushwhackers like Bloody Bill Anderson (Centralia Massacre 1864) and Quantrill's Raiders.

5. Kansas, several battles including Baxter Springs & Lawrence Massacre in 1863 (Quantrill) and Mine Creek in 1864 (Price, Marmaduke).

6. Oklahoma Territory, continuous fighting from the Battle of Round Mountain (Cooper) in 1861 to Stand Waite's final surrender in 1865.

7. New Mexico Territory, Confederates invaded in 1862, defeated at Battle of Glorieta Pass (Pyron & Scurry).

8. California, Arizona, Colorado & New Hampshire, all suffered from Confederate forces operating in, or raiding through their states.
   Purpose of those forces was almost exclusively to loot and return to the Confederacy materials & money helpful to their cause.

Point is: what Sherman did in late 1864, in Georgia, was simply return to the Deep South the same form of warfare the Confederacy had practiced for years in Union states & territories.
Lawrence Kansas Massacre: