Hernan Cortes ordered his men to burn all but one of their ships. Cortes reasoned that by eliminating their only method of retreat, his men had no choice but to fight hard to win against the Aztecs, which they ultimately did (Global Business Today (2010)).
He (his troops under his permission) burned the city, torched crops, looted civilian residences, and wrecked general havoc on the city.
The south was completely ruined and the men dead, wounded, the crops were gone, the money was bad, Atlanta had been burned and he could see it was worthless to keep on.
William Tecumseh Sherman. And to this day, no Southerner will ever name his child Sherman.
The corpses were burned in crematoria.
General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea is an example of "Total War", where everything the Union Army encountered along the way was burned, destroyed, or otherwise made unusable
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It burned down on his play Henry VII becausethey set a canon to celebrate the kings arrival so the thatched roof went on fire.
General Circular Panorama of the Burned Business District - 1906 was released on: USA: May 1906
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He burned Atlanta to the ground.
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