1864 also saw two other major operations separate from the carnage of the Wilderness. Sherman’s March to the Sea and Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign each played a major part in the South’s ultimate defeat, though Sherman receives far more credit for that defeat than does Sherman. Evaluate both campaigns and answer a question that has lingered for 150 years, was Sherman’s March a war crime?
James McPherson, This Mighty Scourge, Ch. 9 and 10
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