I was wondering how you were going to spin this one. Yes, it depends on your point of view. To the civilian who had his gin burned and his larder emptied then no doubt Sherman's men were the second coming of the Huns. And I am sure that you can come up with any number of individual accounts of damage. What will that prove? The complete truth no doubt lies somewhere between your claim of mass destruction and my belief that Sherman's men targeted primarily military, government, industrial, or transportation targets. So what do we do now?
What is the basis of your beliefs?
I post a bunch of Union correspondence concerning the burning and looting of Southern homes. You call it spin, basically ignore the Union correspondence, and then start talking about military targets. I have no doubt that there were many military targets. That doesn't excuse the documented behavior of Sherman's troops toward civilians.
Adios, non. You go on twit filter for a while. You've earned it. Spin that.