But hey the good news is today is Sherman’s birthday and he’s still dead. :-)
Sherman was born & raised in Ohio, and long before the Civil War served in Georgia and South Carolina, then as Superintendent of what is now Louisiana State University.
He liked & respected the South, had no particular problem with their "peculiar institution".
But, when forced to chose sides, had no doubts about which to go with.
Indeed, immediately after South Carolina first declared secession, on December 24, 1860, Sherman discussed it, in Louisiana, with his close friend, Professor David Boyd, from Virginia -- an enthusiastic secessionist.
In that conversation, Sherman precisely predicted the course and outcome of a coming war.
He warned his friend that the South could not win.
Sherman's warning, while noted & recorded by Boyd, was heeded by nobody.
Boyd served as a major in the Confederate army, and was captured in Kansas, then released & returned home by intervention from his friend, General Sherman.
By what calendar? Everything I've seen says Sherman was born on February 8.