[Colonel Kangaroo]

And a little later, on the 8th of February, we have the birthday of another great general of the Civil War.

[PzLdr]

GREATEST General of the Civil War, IMHO!

[robowombat]

When is George Thomas' birthday? He was the most consistently successful of any major Union field commander, but then I am prejudiced being a Virginian.

[TexConfederate1861]

*spit* NOT likely...

[injin]

I was just reading how on the days of Apr. 17th and 18th , 1865 , immediately after receiving an emergency cable that Lincoln had been shot , Sherman went on to meet with Gen. Joseph Johnston about the honorable surrender of Confederate forces at Bennit Farm NC. Sherman showed the cable to Johnston and watched his reaction to the news , which was horrified and indignant. Sherman thereby believed that the Confederate Army was not complicit in the assassination of Lincoln and upon announcing the death of Lincoln to his own troops also exonerated the CSA forces from the deed and held off cries for revenge and massacre . He went on to offer good terms to Johnston and the rest is history.
My point is here that controversial as he was Sherman did the right thing in the end . He could have allowed the merciless revenge attacks upon Confederates and Southern civilians and a holocaust would have followed .
Perhaps this is why upon Sherman's death in NYC , years later , Gen. Johnston appeared personally to offer his deep respects .....

[bagman]

A pyromaniac and war criminal,IMHO.