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hlthe2b

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2. No hero. William Tecumseh Sherman on the need to "exterminate the Indians, men, women, & children"

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2024, 09:14 PM

Nov 6

In 1867, following a fierce Indian assault led by the Lakota Chief Crazy Horse, Sherman said, "we must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux, even to their extermination, men, women, and children." And one year later he issued an order permitting the Sioux's "utter annihilation."

https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/historyofus/web08/features/source/C01.html

He was a truly abysmal man--even if you feel his scorched earth policy in the Civil War was justified.

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William Tecumseh Sherman: [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Nov 6 OP

Cousin Billy was a smart guy. Algernon Moncrieff Nov 6 #1

No hero. William Tecumseh Sherman on the need to "exterminate the Indians, men, women, & children" hlthe2b Nov 6 #2

Sherman's only mistake bovine6 Nov 6 #3

He was engaged in genocidal extermination of the Sioux in the West. Cool with THAT? hlthe2b Nov 6 #4

No I'm not but I was referring to South Carolina, you know the first state to demonstrate treason by seceding. bovine6 Nov 6 #5

You said that was his "ONLY MISTAKE..." Hardly... hlthe2b Nov 6 #6

I apologize. bovine6 Nov 6 #7