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by dctoedt 1155 days ago
> He [Grant] was no Sherman, but his "governance" of the south led to carpetbaggers and "south shall rise again" BS that remains to this day.

A while back I read a tweet from an anonymous Army officer: "Sherman should've mowed the deep south like a lawn, making multiple passes"

https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/1313470161974947843