In a war the solders fight, the leaders hold the leash. The fight is in the dog, not in the dog's leash. The good leader controls the leash so that it neither adds or detracts from the dogs desire, but gets the fullest out of them. Sam was a good soldier until Atlanta, helplessly watching that pillaging thing took a lot of the fight out of him, so Sherman was right? Might makes right? Who knows?
It's the leaders who send the soldiers to war for their own reasons, regardless of what the soldier might think.
Sam was a good soldier until Atlanta, helplessly watching that pillaging thing took a lot of the fight out of him...
He fought on after Atlanta, to Franklin and beyond. So your claim that he had the fight taken out of him is a bit insulting to the man.