I think you've muddled 'Sherman' with 'German'.
The only famous city with a big German population was Chicago - a long way from the war.
Sherman burnt down most of Atlanta, and then the whole of Columbia, South Carolina.
General Sherman is well known for Sherman's march. Which is where he and his soldiers marched from Savannah to the coast and burned everything on their way there.
Atlanta
The main city captured by Sherman was Atlanta.
He burned Atlanta to the ground.
Sherman was engaged on a punitive raid on South Carolina, the state that had started the war, and Columbia was the state capital. When the burned to the ground, it was very hard to believe that it was not arson, though Sherman claimed it was accidental.
General Sherman
General Sherman is well known for Sherman's march. Which is where he and his soldiers marched from Savannah to the coast and burned everything on their way there.
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Atlanta
The main city captured by Sherman was Atlanta.
General William T. Sherman
Atlanta , Georgia
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He burned Atlanta to the ground.
William Tecumseh Sherman. And to this day, no Southerner will ever name his child Sherman.
William T. Sherman