Should William T. Sherman be tried as a war criminal?

No other figure in the War Between the States is as vilified in Georgia as William Tecumseh Sherman. The Union general ... fix up quarters.” For the civilians who came back to find their homes gone, Sherman would simply have told them that war is war — a kinder phrase than the one he is more famous for. read more

Sherman was a War Criminal and should have been hung. My grandmother told me stories, passed down by her mother, about having to eat rats, boiled roots, acorns and hickory nuts. She said not a squirrel or anything remained after Sherman’s men came thru. read more

War Crimes of William T. Sherman by L.R. Olsen On February 17 the South Carolina Conservative Action Council met in Columbia, South Carolina to recognize the 146 th anniversary of one of General William Tecumseh Sherman’s war crimes. read more

Likewise, winners don't get charged with war crimes(or atleast have a very low chance of actually getting punished). And Sherman was on the winning side. Similarly, destruction of infrastructure and industry is generally an acceptable form of warfare, and that constitutes the majority of what he actually ordered. read more