[#3Fan]

Again, the account was written by a partisan from Georgia so it's objectivity is in question. Even so, funny how no one was hurt. If this is the best you can come up with for war crimes it's pretty weak when compared to true war criminals such as Hitler and Stalin who murdered tens of millions and made lifetime slaves out of tens of millions. And again, Sherman wasn't present so I don't see what he has to do with it.

What Sherman said could apply to any general or commander who has had to attack civilian installations to win a war, such as Ike, Truman, Roosevelt, or Doolittle, and that was Sherman's point. I'm sure there are many that would like to charge Truman with Hiroshima, of Ike for the firebombing of Germany. Again the South had it easy compared to most vanquished peoples. Especially if all they can come up with is just a threat.

This shows how out of touch with reality you neoconfederates are.

[4CJ]

Again, the account was written by a partisan from Georgia so it's objectivity is in question.

So EVERY Account of a crime is now a "partisan" account? ROFTLMAO! No testimony could ever be ruled admissiable by your standard!

It was the statement of a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, not just in one citatation but 2. Your assertion that 'no one was hurt' is ludicrous. If you are ever in court attempting to obtain justice from the man that beat you, I'm sure his defense will be that you were not hurt! Sherman admitted that he was a war criminal in 1863.

The South had it easy???????? Cities & towns destroyed, millions and millions of dollars worth of propery stolen, military governments - it's taken us decades to recover, and ignorant Yankees still attempt to Lord it over us.

Please, go back to your shrine of Lincoln & Sherman, worship your idols - ONLY by waging war on women and children, and by starving the South into submission did the Yankees "win".

[Colt .45]

"Sherman wasn't present so I don't see what he has to do with it."

Shows how much you know of military organization and responsibility. The commanding officer of any brigade, troop, regiment, etc. is responsible for the conduct of his troops.

"What Sherman said could apply to any general or commander who has had to attack civilian installations to win a war, such as Ike, Truman, Roosevelt, or Doolittle, and that was Sherman's point."

So by your remark I would take it that you excuse the previously mentioned crimes by Stalin, Hitler, Mao Tse Dung, Pol Pot, Kemal Attaturk, Reinhard Heydrich to name a few. After all - they were trying to win wars also.

Out of touch with reality? If that means having the rule book written in pencil so its easy to justify actions as you go, then perhaps we "neoconfederates" are, or perhaps we held our men to a higher standard. It just proves that you Yankees will stoop to any means, fair or foul, to achieve your ends.

When it comes to moral ethics don't look to the Yankees - they're fresh out of it!