re: Should the U.S. Army Rename Posts That Carry Rebel Names?

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I think there would be monuments to great men in the north...absolutely.

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Not sure what you mean by "in the north." They might build them a monument in the north, but I'm talking about in the confederacy in the south.

I'm saying that there is very little likelihood that a CSA would name a fort after a Yankee general from the army they defeated to gain independence. It would be like George Washington and the newly formed United States naming a fort after a British general.

If you think they would honor Grant and Sherman in the CSA, I disagree.

The Union was kind and let them all go home. Me? I'd have lined up their leadership, had them all shot, and put them in gibbets throughout the South.

That's what they get for hating Merica so much.

Absolutely not. Leave it alone.

However, should SJW douche bag piece of shite liberal fricktards be taken out to a large field, have gasoline poured on them and set on fire? Absolutely yes.

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f the Confederates States of America had won the war, would they would name forts and ships and such after Union Army generals and heroes? 

I'm betting there would not be a Fort Sherman or Camp Grant in the CSA.

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If the csa had won, there would be two different countries. As it is, there is one country, and Grant himself said "let us welcome our fellow countrymen home", referring to the defeated southerners.

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If the Confederates States of America had won the war, would they would name forts and ships and such after Union Army generals and heroes?

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The CSA would not have forced the formerly Union states to join its government. There would have been no need for CSA forts in the formerly Union states, and hence no need for CSA forts to be named after Union generals.

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I'm betting there would not be a Fort Sherman or Camp Grant in the CSA.

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Where are the forts named after defeated CSA generals in victorious non-CSA states? There aren't any. Why would you expect a victorious CSA to do something that the victorious USA never did? But I wouldn't be surprised to see a Fort Grant in a defeated Ohio.

No, the confederates were every bit Americans as the Union generals, there were just two Americas for those war years. The military honors fighters in the names of their forts. They honor leaders and great strategists. They study great military commanders no matter who they fought for. Robert E. Lee was one of the greatest military minds of the 19th century, and is reauired reading for military strategists in training in practically every professional military.

It is possible to name something after someone honoring their achievements, talents, and character while not admiring their cause or all of the sociopolitical factors that went into it. Robert E. Lee was also an increadible American after the war. He did more to end the violence and bring the country together after the war than probably any other American who lived during that time. He also was a champion for education of freed slaves and for equality of the races. He championed the cause of abolition in the confederacy as well as for the integration of the southern army (and won). His own plantation was given up to create Arlington National Cemetery.

No, they should not rename a goddamned post. The southern generals were far superior to their northern counterpart. Hell, European powers sent people over here to study CSA battle tactics. Where do you think Hitler came up with the Blitzkrieg?

And for the most part, they were better men in general than the northerners.

I'm gonna say yes, go ahead and change them, just for the entertainment value. I'm nothing if not short-sighted.

Abraham Lincoln violated the Constitution and the rights of citizens in some of the most ridiculous ways possible and said some of the most racist shite I've ever heard.