That kinda described half the country back then. Dred Scott decision wasn’t much earlier, just to put it in context. Unfortunately, listening to the gop, we haven’t made much progress in 150 years…

@Charlene I suppose, if you want to get picky about it

@Canndue I goes beyond picky, right to Ford's pardon of Nixon, which should have happened, if for no other reason than to signal that this sort of shit will not be tolerated, even by a president!

@BirdMan1 ???

Brown's party of 22 was defeated by a company of U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Israel Greene.

@BirdMan1 I believe colonel Lee was senior officer and in command of the mission. Could be wrong, hard to remember back that far.

I don’t think he was either. One could argue that Sherman was the monster

True. In the same vain, Lee knew after Gettysburg there was no longer a way to end the war with a resolve that would even marginally be better for the South and still continued to fight dooming thousands. As a kid, I bought into the Lee BS; my great grandfather was a lieutenant in his Army of Northern Virginia. My Mom hated wars, so, at least didn't come from her; and my Dad was a staunch all races were equal (watched him in 1966 tear into some old racist). But, I had cousins galore. Not long after I gave up on religion, about age 12, I saw through the Southern myth as well.

@Beowulfsfriend My great-great grandfather walked off his Missouri farm at the age of 51 to fight in Sherman's army.

@BD66 That is worth being proud of.
I like to tell the "leave the statues up, it's history people," that there should be statues of Sherman throughout the South, especially Georgia, because "it's history."

@Beowulfsfriend Isn't it ever. But, "history" is just their excuse.