Bit of a nutcase. On the winning side so he gets lionized but he is the man who introduced 'total war' to the united states. Personally I think he was a destructive guy that liked killing people and burning things. The other perspective is 'he had to to win the war'. Whether the war was justified is another mmatter, but at the time the north had all but won.
What's the story with this guy?
General William Sherman
The cliff's notes version is that he basically set everything on fire as he ripped through Georgia.
Why did he set everything on fire?
Bit of a nutcase. On the winning side so he gets lionized but he is the man who introduced 'total war' to the united states. Personally I think he was a destructive guy that liked killing people and burning things. The other perspective is 'he had to to win the war'. Whether the war was justified is another mmatter, but at the time the north had all but won.