[billbears]

I read 'inhabitants of the country that go to the relief of the wounded'. How did Sherman violate that?

Well if you're killing and raping innocents (as Sherman did) what exactly is going to happen to the wounded? They're going to heal all by themselves? Who in their right mind would go near a wounded man under threat from an invasion force? And exactly how many of these citizens knew of these rules to claim them? I'm quite sure Sherman did, he just didn't care

[Non-Sequitur]

And can you provide any evidence that the southern civilian population, those that weren't being killed and raped that is, were busily engaged in caring for the wounded? Face it, billbears, you streatching matters almost as much as your buddy Tommy does. His claims about the Geneva Convention of 1864 were wrong. He either didn't do his homeword or he was deliberately misstating the facts.

[safisoft]

Who in their right mind would go near a wounded man under threat from an invasion force? And exactly how many of these citizens knew of these rules to claim them?

How very sad. What a commentary. How unlike the spirit of Sergeant Richard Kirkland of the 2nd SC CSA who during the Battle of Fredricksburg went under fire to give water to wounded Federal soldiers. He was called "Angel of Marye's Heights" and was later killed at Chickamauga doing the same thing... I'll take one man like Richard Kirkland over a thousand butchers like Sherman.