Yep...however, I can lead you to some people who still carry the stories of their ancestors having to leach salt out of
burned down/pilfered smokehouses to survive. They would put a bullet between your running lights for your "lauding" Sherman's "contribution" before they'd curse a black neighbor.
Sherman was simply taking a more practical, accelerated approach to the Anaconda Plan instead of the slow bleed that was killing more civilians.