[Non-Sequitur]

Had salt not been in such short supply at the time, I'm quite certain that that homicidal nut, William Tecumseh Sherman, would have done it.

Salt wasn't in short supply.

[RegulatorCountry]

"Salt wasn't in short supply."

Google is your friend. EVERYTHING was in short supply, in the south, by the time of Sherman's march through Georgia and into the Carolinas.