William Tecumseh Sherman. And to this day, no Southerner will ever name his child Sherman.
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It was burned to the ground during Union Generals Tecumseh Sherman Total War.
Atlanta and Richmond were the two major confederate cities which were nearly burned to the ground late in the Civil War.
During the American Civil War on July 30th , 1864
The Battle of Atlanta fought during the American Civil War lasted Six weeks.
World War II, the American Civil War and the French Revolution are examples of "total war". The enemy had to be annihilated, and no "terms of surrender" were allowed; surrender had to be unconditional. The defeated had no say at all in what happened next. During the American Civil War, Sherman's "March to the Sea" cut the Confederacy in half; the city of Atlanta was burned to the ground. In World War II, all of Germany was devastated. In Japan, most Japanese cities were fire-bombed, and two cities were destroyed with nuclear weapons.