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Sherman’s War

July 2026
1min read

Anyone who studies how Sherman treated the South and later the Indians finds the same common thread. He had a sort of righteous indignation at any kind of resistance to his goals that translates into a determination to punish the resistor far beyond the laws of human decency followed by later attempts to explain his inexcusable behavior. It’s a shame that Mr. Hanson decided to help him out.

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