[Rebelbase]

Everyone is well aware that Sherman is hated by those nostalgic for the Old South. That is news as old as the day Atlanta burned.

That bias fails to divert attention from the fact that the man was a brilliant military tactician whose accomplishments drove a stake though the heart of the the Confederacy.

[stand watie]

may i gently point out that SEVERAL senior officers of the Waffen SS were good tacticians too.

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[cowboyway]

That bias fails to divert attention from the fact that the man was a brilliant military tactician whose accomplishments drove a stake though the heart of the the Confederacy.

Stonewall Jackson was a brilliant military tactician; Sherman was a criminal.

On Sherman's march to Atlanta, he was performing 'brilliant' military maneuvers against a vastly outnumbered and under-supplied Confederate Army. And it was actually close until the Confederate's skimpy supply line was cut off.

On the other hand, Jackson consistently whipped northern armies that had twice the number of men as he did during the Valley Campaign.

And General Lee was is regarded by military historians as one of the most brilliant Generals in the history of warfare.

So, you can have Sherman the criminal, but I'd much rather have Lee or Jackson, both honorable and devout men and true military geniuses.