[wideawake]

It's nice of you to give credit to Sherman for being the originator of urban foraging as a military tactic, but Lee employed it very effectively at Gettysburg the year before.

And, of course, this has been the common practice of armies for centuries.

Moreover, what is with all this talk of "aggression"? Did the Union fire on Fort Sumter?

[central_va]

The Army of the Tennessee was ordered TO plunder. Conversely the Army of NoVa was order NOT TO plunder. Of course some in the AofNoVa violated the orders and when caught were PUNISHED.