[wardaddy]

I used to deer hunt off Steele Bayou

And I grew up right where Sherman marched and burnt....the Old Clinton Blvd

Stone cold ghetto now

We found lots of musket ammo

[Yosemitest]

Sherman is still despised in Meridian, Mississippi today, for burning it to the ground.
Merrehope, Circa 1858

" ... General Polk was commander of troops who were charged with defending the east Mississippi area.
On February 14, 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman came in with approximately 10,000 troops and forced Polk and his troops to evacuate Meridian.
Sherman took over and burned almost all of Meridian and destroyed the railroad lines for 10 miles in each direction, making “Sherman Neckties”.
Polk and his troops had already destroyed much of the rail in order to keep Sherman and his army from using them.

General Polk and some of his troops evacuated to the east near Alamucha.
Some of the troops and most of Polk’s equipment and the railroad “rolling stock” were sent southward by rail to Mobile…
with the last car pulling out of Meridian as Sherman was marching in. ... "

Occasionally “Sherman Neckties” are still found today in the woods where old "dummy RR lines" use to run.

[Yosemitest]