To: WhiskeyPapa
Sherman's troops were mightily and justifiably enraged that in the same state where they had no difficulty living off the land, rebels had been starving Union POWs.
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07/16/2003 12:30:23 PM PDT by
Grand Old Partisan
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To: Grand Old Partisan
Sherman's troops were mightily and justifiably enraged that in the same state where they had no difficulty living off the land, rebels had been starving Union POWs. Here's a newsflash for you, Partisan. Sherman's troops didn't "live off the land" there. They stole what they needed at gunpoint from civilians and torched the rest. For that reason alone starvation in prison camps was in large part of Sherman's own making.
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