I despise the damn Yankees who raped and killed innocent women and the senseless burning and destroying of property as they marched through the South.
Do you also despise the stay at home Confederates who likewise murdered and oppressed Southerners many months before Sherman even reached Georgia or is a Southerner murdered by a Confederate any less dead than one murdered by a Yankee?
How about the slavemasters who raped and killed innocent women? Sherman's army committed war crimes, but they pale in comparison to the crimes of slavery perpetrated over a span of hundreds of years.
Psst....you forgot what Sherman, et al did to the Native Americans after the Civil War. It could have been much worse for the South.
Exactly, Lonestar. It's absolutely nauseating to see Freepers trying to make Tecumsah a hero. when in was a 100% war criminal. All these Yankees need to do is read some factual accounts of Sherman's foray through GA, SC, and the Indian nation. THEN..... read how much respect to civilians was provided by Lee in MD, and PA.
Sherman was famous for his quote around not choosing to run for president. Good thing, because there would have been a 1,000,000 from the south wanting to assassinate him. Including me if I had lived in that time.
well said.
I would like to add that I despise those yankees who come down here, see a battle flag and then get upset so much that they have to complain etc.
So if any of those come to my town of st augustine FL and see a battle flag then do not be surprised and if you do not like it then please by all means piss off