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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