re: There's a new subreddit that's figuratively setup to fellate Union General William Sherman

I should be getting this one in within a week or so

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In the eyes of many Americans, Lincoln remains the most important American political figure in history because the War between the States so fundamentally transformed the nature of American government. Before the war, government in America was the highly decentralized, limited government established by the founding fathers. The war created the highly centralized state that Americans labor under today. The purpose of American government was transformed from the defense of individual liberty to the quest for empire. As historian Richard Bensel has observed, any study of the origins of the American state should begin no earlier than 1865.

This aspect of the War between the States has always been downplayed or even ignored because of the emphasis that has been given to the important issue of slavery. Lincoln will forever be known as the Great Emancipator. But to understand the real Lincoln one must realize that during his twenty-eight years in politics before becoming president, he was almost single-mindedly devoted to an economic agenda that Henry Clay labeled "the American System." From the very first day in 1832 when he announced that he was running for the state legislature in Illinois, Lincoln expressed his devotion to the cause of protectionist tariffs, taxpayer subsidies for railroads and other corporations ("internal improvements"), and the nationalization of the money supply to help pay for the subsidies.

Lincoln labored mightily in the political trenches of the Whig and Republican parties for nearly three decades on behalf of this economic agenda, but with only minor success. The Constitution stood in the way of the Whig economic agenda as one American president after another vetoed internal improvement and national bank bills. Beginning with Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, Southern statesmen were always in the forefront of the opposition to this economic agenda. According to Lincoln scholar Mark Neely, Jr., Lincoln seethed in frustration for many years over how the Constitution stood in the way of his political ambitions.

Lincoln thought of himself as the heir to the Hamiltonian political tradition, which sought a much more centralized governmental system, one that would plan economic development with corporate subsidies financed by protectionist tariffs and the printing of money by the central government. This agenda achieved little political success during the first seventy years of the nation's existence, but was fully implemented during the first two years of the Lincoln administration. It was Lincoln's real agenda.

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Lincoln's real agenda.

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Anything written by Professor Clyde Wilson on the “recent unpleasantness” is another recommendation.

Ask SCLibertarian for a recommendation.

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Sherman and Grant were lucky that John Pemberton was an idiot. Had he readied Vicksburg properly for an extended siege they might still be trying to break into the works there.

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Naw. Their lucky break was Shiloh.

If it simply hadn’t rained, the bullet that went through Sherman’s hand, in the beginning of the battle, was a foot lower and a foot to the side, and the bullet that went through the artery of Johnston was two inches to the outside, the war could have looked a whole lot different.

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Professor Clyde Wilson

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Thanks. I was buying books and for the life of me couldn't remember his name. I've heard his name referenced in so many podcasts and wanted to snag one of his books.

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Didn’t Obama order a drone strike of a U.S. citizen?

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Confederates were also Americans, at least they were according to the Union. It's not difficult, all three flags is the correct answer.

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Where would the rescue army come from, how long would it take, and what impact would trying to save Vicksburg have on the rest of the war going on?

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I don't think George Meade. or anyone else, could have done what Grant and Sherman did in the East. With Vicksburg holding out, who knows how it all plays out.

Perhaps Lee could have dispatched Longstreet and his corps to the relief of Vicksburg. Joe Johnston had around 30,000 and with Longstreet probably would have had 50K plus.

That is no small force to have at your back while giving siege to around 25K in the Vicksburg works. A combined force of around 75000 to face and you deep in enemy territory.

James Longstreet had lobbied hard for just such a move. Lee was against it, not wanting to split his army and of course, having other plans. The other plans didn't work out, but what if they'd played it this way?

Another scenario...what if it had NOT been John Pemberton, but a more able commander in charge at Vicksburg? They knew this was coming, but instead of the First Corps, send James Longstreet to ready Vicksburg for the siege. The ANV is intact, and Vicksburg has someone that can hold it.

Sherman's portrait of THE definitive deeply disturbed drunken, demon-possessed psychpath (note the "Hidden Hand" symbolism).

He was clearly hand-chosen and assigned a task perfectly suited to his mental and spiritual defects: Kill, maim, and traumatize -- WITHOUT CONSCIENCE (by his contemporary bosses, cold-blooded WEF-Elites-Vampire types, c. 1865)

frick that John Brown cocksucker. fricking redleg bastard kansan that killed innocent Missourians and helped start a heated state border war that in some respects, still carries on today.

Easy to do when you're up against old men women and children. There was no one to stop him once he took Atlanta and he waged unrestricted war against civilians.

Real badass.