the idea of ‘’rules of warfare’’ is a joke. By your logic the bombing campaign bt the Allies in WW2 would be a ‘’war crime’’ of the highest order. You destroy not only your enemy but his ability to wage war by destroying his factories, his centers of command and control, his lines of communication , his roads, railroads, bridges and you kill the people who work in those armament factories, who drive the trains and or trucks which bring troops and weapons to the front. And that means you kill civilians. War is a brutal ugly, horrific thing and the idea of ‘’rules’’ and ‘’civilized warfare’’ is so much bs.
How many times have I said I am not really talking about the bombings, either civil war, or WWII. I am talking about the behavior of troops on the ground!!!! Why do you keep ignoring this point? Do you really think it is fine for troops to randomly shoot civilians, burn houses and rape women? Because it really sounds like you do.
Btw, if the South had perpetrated such things while in northern territory that US troops did while in the South, there would have been no end to the cries of “atrocity”!