It all began simply enough, with an article about the birthplace of General Sherman.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1456633/postsAnd they're off!
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Sherman did not have pillage the South as he did .
I think he gave the Nazi's the idea for their Blitzkrieg.
Totally unacceptable.
2 posted on 08/03/2005 10:53:42 PM PDT by injin
Are you comparing an American general instrumental in ending the Civil War, which the South started, with the Nazis?
3 posted on 08/03/2005 11:03:01 PM PDT by M. Espinola
We need more men like William T. Sherman in our war against the Islamics. The South brought it on themselves, and should consider themselves lucky that they didn't have to face General Clemenza.
11 posted on 08/04/2005 1:31:30 AM PDT by Clemenza
It's a real shame the CSA didn't have M-16's
16 posted on 08/04/2005 1:36:10 AM PDT by injin
One side in the Civil War was virtually the only democracy in the world at that time; and the other was a slave empire conspiring with foreign dictators in an attempt to destroy that democracy.
And which is it you call a "tyrannical government?"
20 posted on 08/04/2005 1:49:59 AM PDT by iowamark
The founding fathers knew that they were committing treason in the eyes of the crown, and were prepared to suffer the consequences. Southerners knew that they were committing treason to the Union, yet too many of their descendents still whine about how they were treated, which was considerably better than other folks in other domestic conflicts around the world
21 posted on 08/04/2005 1:50:54 AM PDT by Clemenza
You say he only brought the war to the rich folks of the south. The only problem is all the poor folks he raped and pillaged on his way to those "rich" folks. Alot of poor people starved to death because of this MONSTER!
27 posted on 08/04/2005 4:13:50 AM PDT by southernerwithanattitude
"Sherman was one of America's greatest Generals, a man of Honor just as much as Lee. Because of his "pillage"; hundreds of thousands of lives were spared."
Well, obviously thos innocent men, women and children that were killed or starved, their homes burned to the ground, their property stolen, their crops and livestock destroyed, obviously they weren't you ancestors. Sherman <*SPIT*> was a war criminal - he admitted that his actions condemned him as such.
And attempts to legitimize such actions only empower terrorists, who see our families - yours and mine - a legitimate targets. And anyone agreeing that innocents are legitimate targets shares the beliefs of Islamic terrorists.
57 posted on 08/04/2005 6:22:19 AM PDT by 4ConservativeJustices
Sherman was absolutely correct in his strategy and tactics.
Treason deserved no less. It is just unfortunate that the old ruling class of the South was not completely crushed for the death and destruction it visited upon the Nation and especially the South. There was NOTHING noble about the Lost Cause.
69 posted on 08/04/2005 6:43:29 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit
"If you want proof just visit ANY grave yard along the DRUNKS march to the sea. My family lost almost all of the men and great many children."
All starved to death, huh? Doesn't say much for your fellow Georgians, does it? I've read accounts of houses burned, farms foraged for food, railroads torn up. I've even read all those exaggerated acounts of women being raped. But I've never read anything about widespread starvation, or even localized starvation. So if all those relatives of yours starved to death then their neighbors should have helped them. They apparently had food.
72 posted on 08/04/2005 6:48:55 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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