Marakesh 𓅦 on Nostr: "Sherman ordered the four-day bombardment of Atlanta in the Fall of 1864 when it was ...

"Sherman ordered the four-day bombardment of Atlanta in the Fall of 1864 when it was only occupied by women, children, infants, and elderly men, with his artillerists targeting homes where they spotted human habitation.  As many as 5,000 artillery shells rained down on Atlanta’s civilian population in a single day.  Corpses littered the streets, something that Sherman called “a beautiful sight.”  Thousands of surviving residents were homeless at the onset of winter."
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/08/thomas-dilorenzo/the-american-way-of-war-2/#:~:text=Sherman%20ordered%20the,onset%20of%20winter.