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To: KarlInOhio
I thought about that idea too lol. Paint it the general Sherman instead of the Grant and drive it through Georgia... lol NO! I don’t recommend that one!
515 posted on 05/24/2007 1:38:26 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: miliantnutcase
Sherman had more fans in Georgia than a lot of people think. I had a great great grandfather who did a lot better after Sherman arrived in Northwest Georgia. He could quit hiding in the woods from the confederates and he made good money from the Yankees making wagons for their army. After the war he even got compensation from the Southern Claims Commission as a loyal citizen for material used by the Union army for the war effort.

It gives me a warm feeling all over knowing my great grandpappy's wagons accompanied Sherman's boys on their march to the sea, but I doubt it was as warm of a feeling as the Confederate slave owners had when the Yankees burned down their plantations. :)

529 posted on 05/24/2007 2:17:27 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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