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A union general was leading an army of troops through Tennessee. They came upon a forrested area and they noticed a single Confederate Soldier sitting, unarmed in a tree. He hollered at the Yanks: "You Yankee boys cain't whup nuthin! Yer all a bunch of weaklins'! Send yer best man in here and lemme whup him!"

The general called up Biff McGurk, a tough Irishman from New York. McGurk went in..there were sounds of a scuffle and McGurk didn't return. The Confederate got back up in the tree. "Is that the best you got? I whupped him and didn't even get sweaty!"

The general called up an 8 man squad. They charged in. There was the sounds of a scuffle and they didn't return. The Confederate climbed back up in the tree. "Hey Yankees...Why dontcha get serious with this? Send in some real men."

The general called up a 40 man platoon. They charged in. There was the sounds of a scuffle and they didn't return. The Confederate climbed back up in the tree. "You Yankee boys are woofin' me! You ain't got nobody there than can whup a Johnnie Reb!"

The general sent in a whole company of men. There was the sounds of a scuffle, several shots fired then silence. At length a battered, bloody union soldier staggered out of the bushes and before he collapsed he said: "General....go back....it's a trap....there's two of them in there!"

You just can't beat them good ole southern boys! Sherman had to make war on women and children to get anywhere.

Thats about as big as Sherman was.

Sherman was a slime bucket...not even worthy of being called a "thunder mug" (and you know what those are!) During his campaigns he broke just about every rule of war there was. He waged war on innocent civilians and non combatants; he looted a burned private homes and shot the owners if they showed any sign of aggression; he burned factories and businesses' that had nothing to do with the war effort; he stole food from those he left behind so they would starve to death; he even had the audacity of having one of his troops shoot an innocent, young girl for simply waving a Confederate flag in his presence. So the man (and I use that term very loosely!) was neither a credit to his gender, or the Army.

Sherman was a slime bucket

That was outting it nicely Pony.

Sherman was a slime bucket

That was outting it nicely Pony.

Well....."slime bucket" is better than "SH??" Head!

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