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One criticism on the thoughts link:

While Sherman did wage a war that specifically targetted civilian aiders and abettors, that was not the first time our country targetted civilians during wartime.

During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Army along with various state militias, routinely harrassed, killed, murdered, maimed and tarred and feathered Loyalist factions (who were Americans, most being Ameircan-born and involved in the colonial government of some sort).

There are accounts of whole towns being whiped out by the Continental Army. The term "Loyalist" means loyal to the crown and King George III. Yet the manner by which this policy was carried out by the CA, suggests that any American not fully supporting the war by giving provisions, men and materiel, were deemed Loyalists.

The Revolutionary War was the first "civil" war in our history as a nation. By 1783, more soldiers for the English Army were American born than those who actually came from Britain or the UK.

Many don't know this.

I suggest here a book of fiction by our former President Jimmy Carter. His work--the Hornet's Nest--talks about the relationships of the fighters during that conflict. His work is meticulously researched and the whole novel could be called a dramatization of some actual events.

Nonfiction:
Gordon Wood's "The Revolutionary War"

catch title huh! :ownd: