I hate that it's called a "Sherman Statement." I have nothing against President Cleveland

but I do think William Sherman would have made a great president.

Whatever his strengths, he is well known for his slash and burn tactics in the South during the Civil War. He may have been fighting on the "good" side, per most, but when you destroy the homes and livelihoods of the civilians in your wake, it is a little hard to play the "hero."

That name will be forever hated in the South. And, even I, a staunch Westerner, knows that...:shrug:

heart of the South, (and that is NOT Texas). Perhaps to the good people of Atlanta?

after the war proudly on display.

And if it wasn't for some kkk leaning people screaming loudly we would have had the adminstration or military science building named after him.

The more Indians we can kill this year the fewer we will need to kill the next, because the more I see of the Indians the more convinced I become that they must either all be killed or be maintained as a species of pauper. Their attempts at civilization is ridiculous...
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

So, even if you "honor" this man's atrocities against civilians during the civil war, perhaps his viewpoints against the American Indian may inform you. This man was NO Hero. Several law school reviews have, in recent years looked at Americans in History that should have been brought up on War Crimes. Sherman and General Curtis LeMay (for his tactics against Japanese civilians in WWII) nearly always top the list.

http://lawofnations.blogspot.com/2005/08/historys-two-worst-war-criminals.html

SO glad you got your cannon, though....:eyes:

I'm a Southerner and I don't call burning the personal homes of people heroic... that would be a war crime today.

when Grover Cleveland first ran for President. Guess you learn something every day.

Know why Cleveland was elected, don't you? Three reasons:

He was an honest man.
He was an honest man.
He was an honest man.
(Paraphrasing what his campaign manager said when asked for three reasons to vote for Cleveland.)

I knew about that. Thanks for refresher on the history lesson, though.

Ma ma, where's my pa? Gone to the Whitehouse, ha ha ha!