of course it was NOT the real-life "Scarlett O'Haras", who were RAPED, tortured,robbed,assaulted & MURDERED by the criminals in blue. rather it was "persons of colour", religious minorities & the "poorest of the poor" whites who were most frequently victimized & suffered MOST.
nonetheless, had our southron ancestors WON their war for FREEDOM, the "end of the peculiar institution" would (i believe) been UGLY, as the freedmen would have found themselves out of the road with NOTHING but the clothes they were wearing, when "tossed off" the plantations/farms. (as you know, our family was as "distant" socially/academically/financially from the "big house", as the MOON was. i have no sympathy for anybody who was in the "flesh trade" either. NONE!)
free dixie,sw
If the Union soldiers (from both north and south) preyed upon the soldiers, why did newly freed blacks follow the Union soldiers from Atlanta to the coast?
You are entitled to your own opinions, but not to your own facts.
Of course in any grouping of several million people, you will find some bad apples. The fact is, many free former slaves followed the Union forces on their march to the Sea.
On the other hand, was their any such similar movement when the rebel forces made their few abortive and murderous marches north?
crickets chirping.
See, in many situations there is objective evidence that cuts through the BS.