Mrs. Don-o: "When I think of Sherman, anger and shame contend."
Sorry to interrupt this hate-fest on Uncle Billy Sherman, but it's important for somebody to point out that Sherman did nothing in Georgia against civilians that had not already been done by Confederate forces against Union civilians, and indeed against some of their own civilians.
Here is a representative listing:
- August 10, 1862: Nueces massacre, Kinney County, Texas.
- October 10, 1862: Chambersburg attacked by JEB Stuart, Pennsylvania, "destroying $250,000 of railroad property and taking 500 guns, hundreds of horses, and at least eight young colored men and boys"
- January 18, 1863: Shelton Laurel Massacre, North Carolina.
- June 1863: Chambersburg attacked by Jenkins, Pennsylvania: "occupied the town and burned several warehouses and Cumberland Valley Railroad structures and the bridge at Scotland".
- August 21, 1863: Lawrence Massacre, Kansas.
- April 12, 1864: Fort Pillow Massacre, Henning, Tennessee.
- July 30, 1864: Chambersburg burned by Early/McCaulsand, Pennsylvania: "for failing to provide a ransom of $500,000 in US currency, or $100,000 in gold."
- September 27, 1864: Centralia Massacre, Missouri.
- October 2, 1864: Saltville Massacre, Virginia
