Matthew’s Reviews > They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War > Status Update

The chapter about Sherman is especially righteous:

“Of course, this is all lost on the Phil Leighs of the world, who—for reasons that cut deep into the ideology of the American right wing—always take burnt houses too seriously, and dead people far too lightly. To them, burning a house is a crime, while shooting a Yankee soldier in the eye is just part of war's rich tapestry.”