Sherman the Pyromaniac

LewRockwell.com ^ | June 21, 2002 | Gail Jarvis

[Rebelbase]

#155 and #160. "On the other hand, over fifty of Sherman's men were lynched by CSA forces.", and StandWatie's "NO such lynchings occurred! "

Papa, whats the source?

[WhiskeyPapa]

#155 and #160. "On the other hand, over fifty of Sherman's men were lynched by CSA forces.", and StandWatie's "NO such lynchings occurred! "

Papa, whats the source?

"Sherman's March" by Burke Davis

Walt

[Rebelbase]

Burke Davis is a great author. 15 or so years ago I'd read several of his books when I discovered he lived in the same town as I do. I found his name in the phone book, called him, and ended up spending an afternoon talking with him. Mr. Davis autographed a couple of books I was giving my father for Chrismas. He is a very dignified and eloquent gentleman, in his upper 80's i believe.

One thing I remember well was him telling me he used to really enjoy writing about the war up until the centennial anniversary years, then, as he said "everyone and their brother started to write about the war and it was'nt as much fun anymore".

[WhiskeyPapa]

i would guess then that you favor WAR CRIMES?

"Wheeler's command drove the Federal advance from SandersvilIe after a brief skirmish and settled in the town for the night. This rare, if temporary, success inspired a Sandersville lynch mob to murder some of Wheeler's captives. A mob appeared near midnight —probably a band of Confederate troops—pushed aside the frightened guards, carried the Federal prisoners into a nearby field, and shot them down."

--"Sherman's March, p. 75, by Burke Davis

There's a lot more. I'll try to get to it again. I posted a lot of data from this book once before.

Walt

[Rebelbase]

No, could'nt have happened, the South was pure and virtuous, full of "honor",..../sarcasm.

[stand watie]

PLEASE smallcase my screen-name. NO living man is worthy to do more than polish the General's boots & tack!

it's an Indian thing.

for dixie,sw

[stand watie]

WP has a habit of posting stuff from books written themselves, from secondary sources.

one of these days he will surprise me and actually do some ORIGIONAL research, rather than posting re-hashes of other people's work.

one of the MAJOR problems with historybooks is that the author "picks & chooses" the data that HELPS his thesis (or in the case of the REVISIONISTS these days, simply invents data!)-the origional records, on the other hand, do NOT lie.

i challenge EITHER of you to go LOOK at the O.R. and find even ONE such report!

for dixie,sw

[stand watie]

"virtuous and full of honor".

you mean like the soldiers that MURDERED all but 2 people in my family? those were NOT gray uniforms on the killers/rapists/arsonists, but rather BLUEbellies, having FUN (boys will be boys, after all).

the damnyankee high command cared NOTHING for abuses committed by THEIR forces, but were REALLY GOOD at swearing rumours were TRUE about CSA servicemembers!

for dixie,sw

[stand watie]

YES, Atlanta WAS a perfectly legal target of war.

NO criminality there by the forces as a WHOLE, but this does not discount any INDIVIDUAL acts committed against the LoW.

for TRUTH,sw

[Non-Sequitur]

So can you tell me where the 'Law of War' is posted? I confess that I've never heard of it, but maybe that's because I'm ex-Navy.

[Non-Sequitur]

"The men have behaved themselves the best I saw them either home or abroad. Every man has seemed to be on his good behavior since we entered Atlanta. The women have been dressed up waiting for our men to commence raping but they have waited in vain. There has not been a single outrage commited in this city , a circumstance that the people say they cannot say for the rebel army." - William Dunn, Surgeon, 89th Pennsylvania, September 1864.

Sounds like the killer/rapists/arsonists wore grey.

[stand watie]

i have NO idea if the LoW is on the www or not, BUT check out any site that advertises "military surlus field manuals". there are at least 3 current field manuals on the subject.

also, if you get really interested i'll look up my sylubus on the subject, which has every piece of data i know of on the LoW.

for dixie,sw

[Non-Sequitur]

Well, I took your advice and did a google search on the subject. The closest thing I found to the 'Laws of War' was a Yale website with a collection of treaties and conventions grouped under the title "Laws of War". The problem is that all but one or two post-date the Civil War, and I don't see how one could accuse the Union or the confederacy of breaking laws that weren't even adopted until after the fact.

[stand watie]

did you think that one of the damnyankee officers would admit to Crimes Against Humanity?

intrestingly, the damnyankees DID execute SOME FEW war criminals for INDIVIDUAL acts against CIVILIANS, but NEVER tried ANY commissioned officer, of any rank, for the WAR CRIMES his unit committed as a UNIT or ANYBODY for the literally THOUSANDS of MURDERS (at LEAST 50,000 prisoners were MURDERED with bureaucratic efficiency.)committed on POWs in damnyankee prisons!

for dixie,sw

[stand watie]

like i said, also check out the DOD field manuals. the LoW has been well-settled international law for at least 300 years.

for dixie,sw

[stand watie]

the first internationally accepted LoW document (that i know of!) was a papal bull signed by Julius II, which set out the rules for the protection,humane treatment,medical treatment & repatriation of POWs. all the many european states followed the dictates of the papal bull, even those countries like GB, which were not all roman catholic.

Julius II was the warrior pope that was the mentor of Michaelangelo.

for dixie,sw