What you don’t get is Sherman had no desire to play nice. He wanted to make the South hurt in every possible way, and did. Your view is from 2020 hindsight and nothing more. It means little now and even less to Sherman then.
You admitted the South had to move because they quickly exhausted the local food supply. Sherman was making sure they had one less move. Along with how much more of this do you want, because I’ll give you all of it and more.
Addition: The South proved it could fight and more than once. More than one fight the North should have won and didn’t. Pinning them wasn’t always the best strategy. Especially on their home ground.
