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To: TurboZamboni

William T. Sherman’s personal regiment was the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment - Southerners who remained loyal to the Union and the cause of the country.


20 posted on 12/05/2014 6:53:01 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

Scorched earth was OK against your fellow Americans, but against Al qaeda it will get you court martialled.


21 posted on 12/05/2014 6:55:03 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: goldstategop
William T. Sherman’s personal regiment was the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment - Southerners who remained loyal to the Union and the cause of the country.

In the US war of Independence, such people were called "Loyalists." They ended up going to Canada because their home had become hostile to them after the war.

32 posted on 12/05/2014 7:34:25 AM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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