Year: 1982
Type: article
Abstract: : The morality of General William Tecumseh Sherman's military campaigns-what he did and what he allowed his subordinate commanders and troops to do-has been extensively debated for more than a century. Sherman's critics charge that as a commander Sherman employed such terrorist tactics as licensing the random execution of noncombatants, destroying and pillaging private property, and even plotting Indian genocide. According to Sherman's detractors, his troops during both the Civil War and the Indian Wars, protected by the moral indifference of their commander, were guilty of murder, theft, arson, rape, and the desecration of cemeteries and burial grounds.
Author: John W. Brinsfield
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2102993111