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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 08:39 PM Original message |
William Tecumseh Sherman |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Great hero! |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Couldn't agree more |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. One hell of a General... |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. You bet, he single handedly beat General Lee |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I could be wrong, but Sherman never opposed Lee |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 02:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. But he cut off all his supply lines from Georgia and defeated his southern- |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 04:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Not exactly ... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. He didn't take kindly to chickenhawks... |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Is that why so many southern politicians are chickenhawks? |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. Great Quote |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Burned the shit out of my ancestral home. Screw him! |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yeah, he is not received well around here... |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Lemme guess: Georgia |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Haha, I don't think that was very difficult. (nt) |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. *snarf* |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. yep. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. He effectively ended the civil war in a 60 day march thru Georgia up to Gettysburg |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Sherman's march ended in North Carolina when |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Oops, which is why you shouldn't on two hours sleep |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Basically, he was no better nor worse than most in that war. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Did the seccessionists and slavers deserve less? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I liken it to Dresden. (nt) |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Except that not many residents died. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. True...it's not an exact comparison - mainly in that it was incredibly destructive |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
68. Humanitarianism would have been wasted on the Confederates. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. "The Confederate Army was the beneficiary of the most generous surrender terms in history" |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #68 |
81. (sigh)... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
67. No one "deserves" |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
80. But, he did spare Monticello, GA on his march to the sea, |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Underachiever - should have burned a hell of a lot more. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I think if he would've did that to Texas we never would've had the problems we had today |
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Reciprocity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Looks like he is trying to copycat Napoleon. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Doesn't everybody though? |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Napoleon & Hannibal are two of the biggies |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hated those that fomented for war, but wouldn't serve |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Until I hear these words: |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. interesting -- |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Between his slash and burn battle technique |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. me either -- |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. oops...I posted in the wrong spot! |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I agree totally |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Sheridan also. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. And nobody wants to call it genocide. |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. this is something I've always wondered |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
28. Kicked and recommended just for fun. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 02:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Was that recommending any thread yesterday |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
31. badass mofo. nt. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. I have two words for "Sherman Haters" who can't get their perspective in order: |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. The fact that I live on land once occupied by Native Americans... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. On the burning of the city of Atlanta. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Perspective ... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Never PRAISED it. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Not you ... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
52. I think it is you who is spinning the facts |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I do not absolve him. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. The difference is... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Have it as you will. Georgia picked her side. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Ahhh, so they were just asking for the raping. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. This is what I get for unhiding this stupid thread. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
85. war is hell. |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
40. We have the picture on our fridge |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
41. I've visited his grave |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
45. He ended the Civil War more quickly |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
49. Ah, those nostalgic days of "scorched earth". |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. And it worked, didn't it? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. Yes, and we're all very greatful. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
57. Sherman gave bowties a bad name |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 11:41 AM Original message |
I've got to try that once in my life before I die |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
62. In the name of science and history, I'll join you in that venture. Hoot! |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I've got to try that once in my life before I die |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Recreation posted here |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Awesome! |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
61. Last time I went through Atlanta I felt like burning the place down too |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. A lot of people feel that way |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
64. Go to Atlanta and ask for the statue of General Sherman |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. I hoped they went to a black neighborhood first |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
69. RAT. BASTARD. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Ahh, is someone still upset about that little war over 142 years ago |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
71. “It is only those who have neither fired a shot ... |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
72. I still think we shoul've let the South go |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. "we'd have illegals coming from Alabama instead of Sinaloa." |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
73. I have been to his childhood home in Lancaster, Ohio |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. I bet it is |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
82. Don't forget his brother, John! |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Damn, the whole damn Sherman family were movers and shakers |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
84. Can't let this thread die |
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