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Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:10 pm to therick711
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Did you know that during the retreat at Pineville, the only things that survived did so because Sherman (who wasn't commanding or involved) asked Gen. Banks not to destroy the LSU building?
How thoughtful.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:13 pm to RockChalkTiger
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It's time to get over losing the war and honor our history
That's an oxymoron
Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:20 pm to DallasTiger11
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How thoughtful.
So you are pissed that a guy that had nothing to do with the sacking of the city, was not in command, gave no orders, and otherwise had no input in that battle asked a fellow general to spare the school that we all love because it was important to him?
I'm not really sure why that is a bad thing. You can hate on him for his perceived cruelty, but not for that.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:30 pm to nycajun
Jim Hawthorne
This post was edited on 11/30/12 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:41 pm to MasonTiger
Should be a Statue of Patrick Taylor at EVERY State University in LA.
TOPS has helped so many go to College.
TOPS has helped so many go to College.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:47 pm to AngryBeavers
Larry Foster and Ryan Perriloux
Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:54 pm to bearhc
quote:Sherman helped save thousands of lives by ending the war earlier. General Sherman is among the greatest of all American heroes.
Screw Sherman.Hell no, I ain't forgetting.
He has the moral high ground regarding the Civil War. Most all of Sherman's "atrocities" were fabricated by the South, because they were butthurt about getting their asses handed to them. Basically what he did was run people off their land, and burned it. This broke the supply advantage the South had maintained.
As we all know the CSA's hands were clean of any atrocities.
coughcoughfortpillowcoughcough
Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:57 pm to Ace Midnight
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That's the answer - LSU Army ROTC (Ole War Skule commissionee, Army, 1990, representin', yall) should get a Sherman Tank - and they can call it the Middleton-Sherman Tank.
Nobody who would do anything would care. If they did, how do you vandalize a tank? Paint it?
I've gone as far as calling Anniston Army Depot and the guys (LSU folks as well) who keep track of all that equipment that's out in front of the various American Legion/VFW/Army Reserve Centers/National Guard Armories/Army Museums, etc.....
Shermans aren't that easy to get hold of (for free)...there's a nice EZ-8 model with the 76mm gun and muzzle brake at Ft AP Hill....
one of the cadre members who served in the Iraq invasion found an intact Sherman in pretty good condition...it got shipped back and disappeared off of his radar....
Posted on 11/30/12 at 3:58 pm to RockChalkTiger
So you want to honor both sides? I don't follow
Posted on 11/30/12 at 4:16 pm to Pankins
Pretty sure Sherman and the Unionists were on the same side. No need to honor any traitors.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 4:34 pm to RockChalkTiger
quote:Should we change our team name/mascot, then?
No need to honor any traitors.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 4:38 pm to Roaad
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Should we change our team name/mascot, then?
No need. Any so-called traitors were repatriated after the war (for the most part).
Posted on 11/30/12 at 4:52 pm to RockChalkTiger
Huh, I would've thought "traitor" would better describe those who violated the founding principles of the USA. Mea culpa, I guess.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 5:38 pm to Ace Midnight
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Boyd was actually captured
wow, thanks ace midnite!
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College had its origin in certain land grants made by the United States government in 1806, 1811, and 1827 for use as a seminary of learning. In 1853, the Louisiana General Assembly established the Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana near Pineville, Louisiana. The institution opened January 2, 1860, with Col. William Tecumseh Sherman as superintendent. The school closed June 30, 1861, because of the Civil War. It reopened on April 1, but was again closed on April 23, 1863, due to the invasion of the Red River Valley by the federal army.
The seminary reopened October 2, 1865, only to be burned October 15, 1869. On November 1, 1869, the institution resumed its exercises in Baton Rouge, where it has since remained. In 1870, the name of the institution was changed to Louisiana State University.
This post was edited on 11/30/12 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 11/30/12 at 5:55 pm to DaBeerz
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Willie stark
I second
Posted on 11/30/12 at 6:05 pm to AngryBeavers
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Just like Louisiana to glorify a crook... So proud to be from there.
So you left the State? Good. Ban yourself.
Posted on 11/30/12 at 6:11 pm to blackjackjackson
Chatham Roberdeau Wheat
Without the good General there would be no Fighting Tigers.
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