If you are speaking of Sherman’s a arch to the aSea ....that is not the way it happened
But keep at it
Sherman was determined to make “The South” pay an enormous cost for trying to break the union. He also wanted to prevent The South from having anything left to regroup with
So let's see. On December 17, 1862, General Grant ordered the expulsion of all Jews from areas in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky under his command. Less than three weeks later Lincoln revoked the order.
But you think he didn't know anything about a military campaign that took a month and a half? Really? I've never thought to look, but my guess is that there were news reports about it within a week of when Sherman began his devastation. (Oh, look! Sherman's campaign was being reported in Philadelphia less than two weeks after it started. Maybe "Honest Abe" didn't bother to read the newspapers?)
And he was on the scene when Grant destroyed Richmond. Did he not know about that also? Or maybe he just showed up to watch?
ML/NJ