Under modern international law, Sherman's actions in the Atlanta campaign would surely have had him facing charges of war crimes against civilians.

Yes, that's true. What is also true is that hundreds on both sides would have been guilty of war crimes under the Geneva Convention. Alice Gayley Fyodor45@aol.com wrote: > Under modern international law, Sherman's actions in the Atlanta campaign > would surely have had him facing charges of war crimes against civilians. -- Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/