smokeppb [he/him]

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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • The Radio War Nerd series on the American Civil War has opened my eyes to one thing that frankly should have been obvious to me earlier: the regular union army had to drag their leadership to take any truly aggressive action against the rebels.

    All the union leadership went to the same war colleges as the rebel leadership, Sherman included. The Union side tried acting chivalrous for years while the Rebels spit in their faces. As a result, several more years of useless bloodshed passed. It was General Grant who convinced Sherman the March tot he Sea was the way to go. Sherman was the last guy in the Union army to realize that the Rebels were not going to just come to their senses by themselves.

    JOHN BROWN, ON THE OTHER HAND SHOULD HAVE HATCHED A BETTER PLAN TO FREE THE SLAVES JB-shining-aggro