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!"
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