[Wampus SC]

"Circumstances point to the conclusion that actual plundering of nonedible property was minimal during the march to the sea, and possibly less than what confederates destroyed in Pennsylvania." Property of no value to the southern war effort was generally left alone, houses were for the most part respected, and civilians were not harmed. More and more the truth is coming out, and the southron myths are being unmasked."

There sure were a lot of pictures of the damage alleged to have been done by Sherman's troops. Who faked those pictures? And how? And when?

[Non-Sequitur]

There sure were a lot of pictures of the damage alleged to have been done by Sherman's troops. Who faked those pictures? And how? And when?

No, Sherman's army did a great deal of damage to industrial targets like factories, storehouses, railroad facilities, cotton gins, and the like. Items that supported the confederate war effort. What seems to have been badly overblown over the years are claims of damage to purely civilian properties.

[Gondring]

I was reading some of the accounts from Carlisle, for example, and it seems the Confederates were rather restrained when they were in Pennsylvania....until they were fired upon from within towns.

How about Hunter's troops in the Shenandoah Valley, too? While the burn marks on Virginia Military Institute might be acceptable, as evidence of an attack on a military target, it's the civilian destruction that garnered complaints.