To: thatdewd
You make a good point, but it is incomplete. Sherman did indeed make the 1st U. S. Alabama Cavalry his personal escort during his march to the sea, to honor these southern loyalists. However, though they were tough fighters and scouts, they were undisciplined and did cause trouble with their zeal to destroy property belonging to the plantation aristocracy, whom they hated, thus accounting for their falling out of favor with Sherman over the course of the campaign.
70 posted on
04/19/2003 2:05:29 AM PDT by
Grand Old Partisan
(You can read about my history of the GOP at www.republicanbasics.com)
To: Grand Old Partisan
and did cause trouble with their zeal to destroy property belonging to the plantation aristocracy, whom they hated, thus accounting for their falling out of favor with ShermanThey fell out favor with Sherman for following his order to destroy everything in the army's path on the infamous March to the Sea?
79 posted on
04/19/2003 7:32:13 AM PDT by
putupon
(I smack Chirac and Robbins too w/ my shoe.)
To: Grand Old Partisan
Sherman did indeed make the 1st U. S. Alabama Cavalry his personal escort during his march to the sea, to honor these southern loyalists.No, he didn't.
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