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Even Sherman called it "hard war." This site goes into the history pretty deeply, although I can't speak for bias, which I expect with its name:
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/william-tecumseh-sherman-and-total-war/
The gist I pick up from reading this is basically, the viewpoint was that if you were a civilian in the south not resisting, than you were abetting. You weren't considered a adversary, but your goods were forfeit and they would not take care to ensure your safety. It was done specifically as psychological warfare, to show the confederates that the war could effect them.
I hear you. I guess from a practical standpoint... how would anyone know which civilians were helping or retarding the confederate war effort and by how much? It's a spectrum, right?