That's what I mean: He was much too kind.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Jan 15, 2014, at 10:38 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> Forgot to add, he didn't spare SC; he burned Columbia (capital) to the
> ground.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Charles Geilfuss <
> charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Wasn't out of kindness; we spread the rumor there was smallpox in
>> Charleston.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Bob Whitmire
>> <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Never forget that South Carolina is where Confederate Gen. Pierre Gustave
>>> Toutant Beauregard ordered his troops to open fire on Ft. Sumter, thus
>>> beginning the shooting portion of the American Civil War. I have always
>>> thought that a few years later, Gen. Sherman was much too kind to South
>>> Carolina on his march northward from Georgia to North Carolina.
>>>
>>> --Bob Whitmire
>>> Certified NORTH Carolina Neanderthal
>>
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