The Union arrested two of his young sons, who were out on their property squirrell hunting, for "Gorilla" activity. They were subsequently shot, beheaded & their heads placed on My Hinson's gate posts.
That sounds like something Sherman's "men" would have done down here in my neck of the woods. I guess W.T. didn't have a corner on cruelty. I have mentioned it before, briefly, but they gang raped my wife's great-great aunt. She subsequently became mentally ill to the point that she had to be committed. She died in an asylum, insane from the trauma and shame.
SRH
