Turns out though that the Union people weren't always the nicest people like we act like they were. At the beginning of the Civil War in Philadelphia, people who didn't have American flags in front of their homes were chased through the streets and threatened as people labeled them as "southeen sympathizers."
They also flip flopped right when the war started, so basically the moment the war began they went from "Aww poor south" to "Did I hear you speak nice about someone living down in that pathetic hellhole of an area?"
That's not just war, sadly. That's anytime one side has the opportunity to brutalize the other. That act is a horribly common theme throughout history.
A good general is one that tries to mitigate damage to civilians as well as his own men and to the enemies while still winning the battle
A poor cowardly general cares not for the men under his command and will attack the defenseless and proclaim victory when a thousand of his own lay in their own blood
