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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter watching last night's performance by the proud descendants of 1860's South Carolinians ...
I have arrived at the conclusion that perhaps William Tecumseh Sherman was perhaps a bit too lenient during his March to the Sea.
RZM
(8,556 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,412 posts)Following his successful campaign through Georgia, Sherman turned his attentions northward and began marching through the Carolinas, chasing the Confederates under the command of Joseph E. Johnston. He continued his campaign of destruction, in particular targeting South Carolina for their role in seceding from the Union first. He captured Columbia, South Carolina, on February 17, 1865, setting many fires which would consume large portions of the city. He went on to defeat the forces of Johnston in North Carolina during the Battle of Bentonville, and eventually accepted the surrender of Johnston and all troops in Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas on April 26, 1865, becoming the largest surrender of Confederate troops during the war.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Sherman actually ravaged SC to the point that some of his own troops were shocked at the destruction.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Warpy
(111,237 posts)through Georgia to the coast, missing SC. He nailed Atlanta but missed all the real hotbeds of rebel activity to the north.
SC was always the real firebrand state in Dixie and was where the first shots were fired. SC should have been the target but wasn't. They emerged largely intact (and I have to admit a lot of the antebellum architecture there is gorgeous) and to this day they still think they won that war.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)and laid waste to a large swath of the Carolinas. The fact that SC was, as you noted, the seat of the revolt; brought them in line for extra attention.
hlthe2b
(102,200 posts)Let them have their own little backward theocracy sans any support whatsoever from the rest of us...
Sorry any progressive current SC folks... I'm sure my ancestors would have welcomed yours to "emigrate" ....
Gold Metal Flake
(13,805 posts)hlthe2b
(102,200 posts)Just a bit of frustration-induced hyperbole.