Sherman was seen as a monster in Georgia and throughout the South too, so it all depends which side of the line you're on, and at what time.

The language of the time is a good deal more melodramatic than what one might hear nowadays, which makes for an interesting look into how the human mindset has changed.

For instance, there's a part about the dark, forbidding wilderness (where Quantrill hid out), not trodden by man or domesticated beast...as if to say, what could be more horrible than that!

Hmmm....sounds like Indian country to me. Pity there isn't more land left like that.

- LH