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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:09 AM Original message |
General Sherman's strategy--On the Ken Burns’ Civil War show last night, |
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RT Atlanta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Perhaps he learned |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. My understanding is that Kennesaw Mtn. was a real game changer for Sherman. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. On the other hand, he advocated the concept of total war... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. On the other hand - would the Civil War have been fought if there hadn't |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. But I can't advocate declaring war on the civilian populace in any occasion. |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I was raised in Florida |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. There are some who suggest that if the seceding states had taken their |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. General Sherman is my only famous ancestor through our mothers. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. When you are deep in enemy territory with no one else coming to help if you get in trouble |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Good points. |
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Wounded Bear (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. You might be reading more into his strategy than was true.... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I was thinking maybe he had humanitarian concerns for his own soldiers, but |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. General Sherman was a war criminal, no doubt n/t |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
13. Ken Burn's documentary on the Civil War is riveting |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It's appalling that generals in the Civil War, and WWI, didn't seem to "get it" |
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