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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Sherman's method of making war. (search)
a: Don't let any citizens come to Atlanta; not one. I won't allow trade or manufactures of any kind, but will remove all the present population, and make Atlanta a pure military town. To General Halleck he writes, I am not willing to have Atlanta encumbered by the families of our enemies. Of this wholesale depopulation, General Hood complained, by flag of truce, as cruel and contrary to the usages of civilized nations, and customs of war, receiving this courteous and gentlemanly reply (September 12）—I think I understand the laws of civilized nations and the customs of war ; but if at a loss at any time, I know where to seek for information to refresh my memory. General Hood made the correspondence, or part of it, public, on which fact General Sherman remarks to General Halleck, Of course he is welcome, for the more he arouses the indignation of the Southern masses the bigger will be the pill of bitterness they will have to swallow. About the middle of September, General Sherm