While although you are correct, it is also assumed that both Armies will fight the same type war, so collateral loss is accepted. What makes Sherman's tacticts felonious is the South wasn't fighting that kind of war and refused to. This kind of warfare was unmanly and not considered acceptable for the day. Now I understand when an unarmed man is shot, the best defense is "he should have armed himself", but those sentiments are resrved for movies and today's standards. Kind of like showing up at a knife fight with an Uzi,,,,you may have the advantage, but it is an unfair advantage. In the days of the War for Southern Independence, War, was a fair fight. That's why the Union Troops didn't like Forrest, he cheated.