Link to the thread, Walt, and all will see that what I say is true. You asked specifically for a confederate, not a civilian. You even dared me to post the name of one and "prove you wrong."
I well knew that Sherman had POW's executed at random to deter the rebels from murdering Union POW's.
That was not true at the time, Walt. You were claiming that he had never executed anybody in "retaliation" for the shooting of his arsonists and robbers in their tracks - only that he threatened to.
I even knew the name of this James Miller.
You're fibbing again, Walt. You knew nothing of him and even admitted to searching for his name after I proved you were fibbing then by posting it.
Anyone who wants to read the thread (surely a small number) can tell from the context that you are lying and dissembling. You list among your rapists a number of USCT, when Sherman had no USCT with him. You will just tell any kind of lie. I asked repeatedly in this thread for you to name a rebel civilian murdered on Sherman''s order; you provided none. Later, I noted that a number of Kilpatrick's men had been murdered by rebel forces and noted that no confederate was executed in return. Later, this James Miller -was- executed, but not in the same time frame in which Kilpatrick was writing. You clearly tried to pass off this Miller person as a civilian when he was captured under arms and in uniform.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675688/posts?page=179#160
Walt
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.
Well, this was a cute little half-truth by you.
Miller was a CSA soldier.
"In retaliation Confederate prisoner James Miller was executed by Federal forces. However the act was not without sorrow for the Federal firing squad. Advanced in years and father of nine girls the prisoner claimed to have never heard a shot fired in battle. Apparently he was one of the thousands of reserve soldiers(read as old men and young boys) in the army of Lt. General Hardee. A Wisconsin member of the detail reported that had the old man bounded away, the Yanks wouldn't have attempted to stop him.
Source:
http://members.aol.com/x69xer/quarter.html
So I am still waiting for you to provide the name of a CSA civilian murdered by Sherman's men or on his orders.
It needs to be stressed that even though Kilpatick knew of the out and out murder of 46 of his men in just a short space, and even though he held a number of CSA prisoners, he clearly stated he would take no further action, "for now."
The record of Sherman's march and the whole war geenrally places the onus of guilt on the CSA for murder, bushwhacking and lynching.
You passed over without comment (unless I missed it) my tally of the @ 640 federal lives taken at Fort Pillow, Lawrence, Kansas and Saltville, Virginia.
In response you documented no similar actions by Union forces, but only lamely named some place names without specifying what their significance was. When I pointed out that the only one I knew about - Roswell, Ga, involved no life of life whatever, you just went merrily on with your lies and half-truths as this effort of yours to pass off James Miller as a civilian shows. Miller was a lawful POW and he was chosen by lots from among the POW's to be exceuted due to the many abuses by the CSA forces.
Walt
208 posted on 05/06/2002 9:05 AM EDT by WhiskeyPapa
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