[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.

[putupon]

You should use the apologist's "Sherman didn't want too, but had too for the war effort" excuse. Your revisionist skills need work in order to make one statement not conflict with the other and jibe with the fact that what Sherman destroyed was far than a few miscellaneous private homes.