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To: central_va

I like your tome, I can’t find much info on actual civilian deaths caused by Federal troops in GA. campaign. I think most of the atrocities were against property.

Looking for stats after the bummers burned, looted and starved a population seems a bit unrealistic. If a child died of malnutrition because a Sherman or Sheridan burned all the crops they couldn’t steal do you really think the childs death was natural or caused by the Union? Who, but the family, would have recorded this fact? The absolute lack of any moral restraint with respect to civilians clearly demonstrates the depraved nature of the “unionist”. It wasn’t until Stalin starvation of Ukraine that we witnessed an equal abuse of power. Lincoln was an ideologue driven by incompetence. He was a rube who could not contain his righteousness. John Brown did indeed foreshadow his coming in great detail.


537 posted on 04/20/2010 8:08:39 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: equalitybeforethelaw
I like your tome, I can’t find much info on actual civilian deaths caused by Federal troops in GA. campaign. I think most of the atrocities were against property.

But...but...but...you said that killing civilians is what the Fed became under Lincoln! You said that just a few minutes ago in reply 516. Now you're saying that you can't find much info on civilian deaths? So which is the case? Were they mass-murderers or is there no evidence that they were?

If a child died of malnutrition because a Sherman or Sheridan burned all the crops they couldn’t steal do you really think the childs death was natural or caused by the Union?

But there would be evidence of those deaths, wouldn't there? I've read a lot of sobbing and blubbering done by Southern civilians during Sherman's campaign but I've never come across any that indicates that starvation and death was a widespread result of his actions. You have no problem claiming Lincoln murdered civilians in other posts, but don't seem to be able to back your claims up. Why is that?

It wasn’t until Stalin starvation of Ukraine that we witnessed an equal abuse of power.

Your abysmal knowledge of history is duly noted.

540 posted on 04/20/2010 8:22:18 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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