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In that Sherman helped bring the carnage to an end, he did more for SC than the silly secessionists who started the conflict. As such, he does deseve a statue in Columbia.

Starting with Calhoun, no 19th century group was more out of touch with reality than the SC elite. Too bad for them they couldn't fight a war as well as they could make a sneak attack on an unsuspecting senator.

Slavery Incorporated's top political crowd instigated the insurrection utilizing sneak attack methods against U.S. forts, which are symptomatic of a typical underhanded bully.

It seems nothing has changed in that respect when the masters of deliberate neo-confederate disinformation pull their tag team tactics on American Civil War related threads.

A Famous General
William Tecumseh Sherman, one of the most famous generals in the Civil War, served as commander of the Union forces in many southern states. He led the capture of the important southern cities of Atlanta, Savannah, and Charleston, South Carolina. After Atlanta surrendered, Sherman tried to further break the morale of the southern people. "I can make Georgia howl," he stated. He sent more than 60,000 troops in a "march to the sea," with orders to destroy anything and everything that might help the Confederate forces.