PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGeneral Grant is such a sweetheartlemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11cross-posted to: shermanposting@lemmy.world
arrow-up164arrow-down1imageGeneral Grant is such a sweetheartlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: shermanposting@lemmy.world
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 month agoThe South ain’t gonna burn itself
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoIn this climate? Gotta light it up before that shit sinks.
minus-squarekersplooshAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoDear Atlanta, I’m coming to burn your shit down in a few weeks. I suggest you GTFO. I would rather not do it, but you know how it is. No hard feelings. Sincerely, General Sherman
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month ago “[i]f I had made up my mind to burn Columbia I would have burnt it with no more feeling than I would a common prairie dog village; but I did not do it”. Sherman on a town he did NOT order to be burned (but was burned by accident anyway)
The South ain’t gonna burn itself
In this climate? Gotta light it up before that shit sinks.
Dear Atlanta,
I’m coming to burn your shit down in a few weeks. I suggest you GTFO. I would rather not do it, but you know how it is. No hard feelings.
Sincerely,
General Sherman