[WhiskeyPapa]

Confederate POW James Miller, an elderly methodist minister with 7 children being held among Sherman's prisoners even though he had never even heard a shot fired in battle, was randomly executed in retaliation for civilians shooting of a Sherman looter near Cheraw SC in 1865.

Miller was under arms, a legitimate POW.

So far as seen on FR, Sherman's men killed no civilians at all. At least no one has been able to name one.

On the other hand, about 50 of Sherman's men, all legal combatants, were lynched during the march.

Walt

[GOPcapitalist]

Miller was under arms, a legitimate POW.

...but innocent of any wrongdoing. Sherman had him executed in cold blood.

On the other hand, about 50 of Sherman's men, all legal combatants, were lynched during the march.

If they were legal combatants, they were legitimate military targets. And if they were committing crimes against civilians, which they were, they were legitimate targets of civilian self defense.

I do find it amusing though that, in your twisted world, Miller's cold blooded execution somehow "doesn't count" as an atrocity, as if his being a POW gave Sherman the right to murder him.

But when a bunch of Sherman sanctioned looters and arsonists get shot down while lighting flames to innocent people's houses, that somehow in some sick and twisted way counts as an "atrocity" in your mind.

Your double standards, Walt, are laughable.