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.
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You couldn't expect a fair fight from a from a class of people unable to do their own work without help of people they "owned".
That's why I never tire of reading about the way Sherman's March brought reality back to a class of people whose selfishness led the nation into misery.