Sherman also said "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out." So if there was anyone 'looney' in the picture then it was the southern leadership that started the war in the first place.
"So if there was anyone 'looney' in the picture then it was the southern leadership that started the war in the first place."
I was quoting Sherman's own Assistant Secretary of War, hence the archaic spelling "luney."