"Total War" as a concept pretty much includes warring on the civilians only since civilians could actively aid operations, and that by being the "backers-up" of war by working in war factories or whatever. Wars in the past typically have not involved "Regime Change" the way total war does now. When the Goths were sacking Rome, that wasn't total war, and it wasn't total war when Napoloen was attacking Russia. You might call the Punic Wars total war, but even that didn't involve warring on the people the way we've seen it since Sherman's time.
I'm sure you are aware that Hood planned to cross into Kentucky and practice some depredations of his own, but this pie-in-the-sky went wrong when he met a Virginian named Thomas.
Walt
Jim Robinson still letting you hang around, eh?