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Sherman sent men to rape and pillage non military targets
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I'm honestly curious...I've never read anything that suggested that Sherman condoned, let alone actively encouraged, rape. Can you enlighten me?
If you mean to imply (with colorful hyperbole) that he had his army take foodstuffs from the countryside, including civilians...yeah, that's correct. It's also how wars were fought up to that time. The ACW was, AFAIK, the first war where any army actually tried to take its log train along with it.
Further, regarding non-military targets...is it your opinion that the USAF and RAF committed similar acts during the strategic bombing campaigns in WW2? They certainly intentionally bombed non-military targets, Hiroshima and Nagasaki being perfect examples.