there were HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of rapes,robberies,lootings,arsons, tortures, assaults & COLD-BLOODED murders committed against UNarmed civilians in the southland.
if you were Asian,Black,Female,Indian,Jewish,Latino, Roman Catholic, a recent immigrant and/or POOR, you were an especial target of the "filth that flowed down from the north". (FEW of the "planter aristocracy" were victimized.)
fwiw, at least 92 of my family were raped/robbed/tortured/murdered by the yankee cavalry, ONLY because they were UNarmed, poor & NON-white.
free dixie,sw
You must be reading different history books.
If you want war crimes, see Andersonville.
BTW, shooting and hanging lone Union soldiers out foraging was considered a war crime as was planting "torpedoes" (now called landmines).