The orders were to take everything that they can, and burn and ruin everything that they can't take. The idea was to destroy infrastructure completely so as to weaken the southern population and the southern support for the war. They would burn farms and pillage everything leaving nothing standing.
The industrial revolution indeed was a great factor in the growth of population in industrialized countries. The population in industrialized countries had a sudden rise or increase due to the bigger and greater opportunities provided by the country thus, alluring more people to migrate.
so the world can be a better place, it's different now
Congress passage of a tax cut.
