Union Civil War Generals

**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 09-13-2011, 16:03

Originally Posted by CBR

His experiences with guerrillas in the border states meant his attitude towards civilians hardened during the war, that is a fact and can be seen in his Mississippi Campaign

Of course CBR. I read his memoirs, not fully, but from what I seen I would presume that is the case.

**CBR** · 09-13-2011, 16:34

One interesting quote from his memoirs about the March to the Sea:

No doubt, many acts of pillage, robbery, and violence, were committed by these parties of foragers, usually called "bummers;" for I have since heard of jewelry taken from women, and the plunder of articles that never reached the commissary; but these acts were exceptional and incidental. I never heard of any cases of murder or rape; and no army could have carried along sufficient food and forage for a march of three hundred miles; so that foraging in some shape was necessary. The country was sparsely settled, with no magistrates or civil authorities who could respond to requisitions, as is done in all the wars of Europe; so that this system of foraging was simply indispensable to our success.