re: #11 ralphieboy

General Lee did not let his troops plunder when they campaigned in Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Union Army based its strategy on plundering its way through Georgia and the Shennandoah Valley.

um, no. That’s the myth, but it doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

Rather than me being longwinded, see this site which discusses the myth. The short version is the only time the soldiers were directed to plunder was while the army was in South Carolina. Not Georgia, not North Carolina, just South Carolina.