[putupon]

Whatever, but this doesn't square with your earlier post:

No, they went "above and beyond" by doing some pillaging of private homes, etc.

in regards to the 1st U. S. Alabama Cavalry falling out of favor with Sherman.

Again, the questions are

1. how did they fall out of favor with Sherman for doing what they were ordered to do? It would seem, if anything, they would get a medal or something for going "above and beyond" their duty when the object of the campaign was total destruction.

2. Per your statement pillaging of private homes, etc., Sherman's orders were to destroy only public property?

[Grand Old Partisan]

Yes, Sherman's orders were to destroy public property, and such private property such as railroads used in the war effort. Pillaging private homes was verboten, but some troops, such as many in the 1st U. S. Alabama Cavalry, engaged in some "payback" to their fellow southerners who had rebelled against the U. S. of A. Let's not forget that a lot of the pillaging of private homes was done by rebel deserters, whose army disintegrated before Sherman's advance. Letters to and from the CSA governors of Georgia and South Carolina attest to this. There were also many instances of civilians asking Union forces for protection against rebel bands of marauders. Of course, this is all missing from history books written by Democrat professors, covering for the Democrat-Confederates.