Posted on 05/13/2013 12:53:39 PM PDT by 0.E.O
But Breckinridge couldn’t have been a general for the insurrection! We are told that only state citizenship mattered at that time, and Breckinridge was from Kentucky, which did not pretend to secession.
Unless the lost cause losers lie when they assert that only state citizenship mattered...
I figured that my answer would be unsatisfactory. Loons don’t do calculus, and people who start wars don’t think they should suffer from them.
Of course pretended confederates robbed a bank in Vermont, and that is just fine with you?
General Sherman appointed Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower to the position of military governor of Jackson and ordered him to destroy all facilities that could benefit the war effort.
Alas, the discovery of large quantities of rum led to a breakdown in discipline.
During WWII, in the last days of Nazi Germany, a German unit set up defenses in a potato field outside the city. After that defense was overrun, US forces asked why they had set up in the potato field, rather than use the brick and stone buildings of the city.
The mayor said “I told them that if anyone wanted to get a late war Iron Cross, they could defend from the potato field. I didn’t want my city destroyed by the artillery and bombs that were sure to fall on a defended city.”
Too bad Breckinridge didn’t have such consideration for the people of Jackson.
The US forces had previously burned buildings that could be used by the insurrectionists, but left some buildings behind. The buildings left behind were used a second time by the rebels. By doing so, the insurrectionists made those buildings a military asset.
“Pitbull of the Lincoln Coven”
I like that. Thanks! You do have a way with words.
One surviving structure is the Governor’s Mansion, built in 1842, which served as Sherman’s headquarters. Another is the Old Capitol building, which served as the home of the Mississippi state legislature from 1839 to 1903. There the Mississippi legislature passed the ordinance of secession from the Union on January 9, 1861, becoming the second state to pretend to secession from the United States. Such pretense was found invalid by the US Supreme Court in Texas v. White in 1871.
Just put it back in the crackerjack box, and throw it away.
Southern generals didn’t keep good records on casualties. The sons of the aristocracy, serving in more elevated positions, were reported preferentially.
The records available show that more family members of slave owners died for the south as a proportion of their army. Keep in mind that many southern men fought against the insurrection, and didn’t get counted in as southern casualties.
After the Wilderness campaign, Lee stopped counting casualties all together. His practice of putting snipers behind his men to stop desertions meant that his losses from “friendly fire” were very high.
You are truly insane.
I agree that Lee should not have placed snipers behind his units to shoot them down.
On the other hand, Lee should not have had his men positioned to shoot down US army soldiers either. That he did, made him guilty of treason. Lee agreed it was treason when he applied for a pardon.
US battle deaths in the war of southern treason were only about 110,000. By contrast, battle deaths of the armies of the insurrection were about 94,000.
In both cases, most deaths were by disease.
US forces lost 112 wounded for every 1000 in a battle.
Insurrection forces lost 150 wounded for every 1000 in a battle. More of the insurrection forces died due to poor medical care offered by the insurrection forces.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/casualties.htm
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