A response to MTG from General Sherman ....

[sinkingfeeling]

[Aristus]

1. You tell 'em, Will.

If you ask me, you should have hanged a few plantation owners and honorary Southern ‘colonels’. Send a message that a ‘national divorce’ will never work out for the ones demanding it for immoral reasons.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. I'm not saying I believe all of General Sherman's methods were sound...

…but I understand.

[PlanetBev]

3. Good one!

Just sprayed coffee all over my jammies.

[Sedona]

4. so stealing this!

.

[Salviati]

5. Alternatively:

[2naSalit]

6. +1

[Hekate]

10. I rather like this

[twodogsbarking]

7. She is an insult to mankind.

[GB_RN]

12. She Must Be Human, First...

Personally, she looks like a throwback to some of our Australopithecine ancestors, but dumber.

[mountain grammy]

8. Ha!

Perfect!

[BMW2020RT]

9. Ouch. 🙂

[bpj62]

11. Rest stop in Georgia on 95 South

My son liked to collect state road maps so we would stop at the first rest stop in each state. On a trip to Disney we stopped at the one in Georgia and on the wall was a plaque dedicated to all the Georgians who fought in the war of Northern Aggression. This was 2013. It is a baked in mentality that people in the south cannot get away from. Play the victim, blame the tyrannical federal government for "Infringing on your rights and freedoms".
In reality Sherman was not that bad, he lived off the land and other than allowing the Union soldiers to burn Columbia South Carolina because they seceded first, he largely spared the towns that he came across in his March to Savanah.

[BMW2020RT]

14. I have copies of a Confederate soldier's letters.

During genealogical research I found them. He was a relative. In one of the letters to his sweetheart he advises her they received orders to move toward their Virginia county. He said he hoped they wouldn't get too close to their mutual homes because some of the boys in his unit would steal everything edible.

In Tennessee, the courthouse in Dayton where the Scopes Trial was held has outside monuments to the litigators. The William Jennings Bryan stone has a list of titles for which they think he should be honored. Clarence Darrow's stone simply identifies him as a lawyer.

[GB_RN]

15. This Isn't Something I Grew Up With In NC

In the 70s and 80s. The “Lost Cause” bullshit just wasn’t here…at least, not when/where I was.

[BlackSkimmer]

16. I grew up in NC too.

The only time I’ve seen this “War of Northern Aggression “ crap is here on this site.

We all knew what the Civil War was, and we learned about that and about slavery.

[GB_RN]

17. I Saw It Later...

In other places in the South: South Carolina and Georgia, in particular. Never been to Alabama or Mississippi, but I can see that mythology having taken root among certain population groups in those states.

[BMW2020RT]

18. During a visit to Vicksburg, MS I encountered some local nonsense.

Guy at an nearby antiques store thinks there is monumental conspiracy based on the number of stones commemorating the respective armies. He thinks the Union is disproportionately represented. Personally, I was turned off by the magnitude of monuments whether they were Union or Confederate. Too much clutter.

Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville has Confederate markers for prominent people within what was the Confederate community. They are a fairly recent addition. Maybe 20 years ago. I can't recall when I first noticed them.

[NoMoreRepugs]

13. Now that is clever.