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Day 17: A moment that made you laugh.
Dec. 4th, 2011 12:48 amDay 17: A moment that made you laugh.
Dec. 4th, 2011
Day 18: A moment that made you cry
Dec. 4th, 2011 01:13 amDay 18: A moment that made you cry
This is going to sound a bit redneck but...
Actually, I'm always sad just reading about Sherman's march to the sea in history books.
One one hand, it can be argued that it was a necessary evil to end the war quicker.
On the other hand, it severely hampered reconstruction efforts and must have been very traumatic for the civilians. Suddenly, all their land, their possessions and their livelihood are destroyed and done so by the military. Poor, rich, white, black, it didn't matter. They burned everything and how hard would it have been for the children? The younger ones wouldn't have understood what was going on and the older ones would have greater incentive to hate the north.
This is going to sound a bit redneck but...
Actually, I'm always sad just reading about Sherman's march to the sea in history books.
One one hand, it can be argued that it was a necessary evil to end the war quicker.
On the other hand, it severely hampered reconstruction efforts and must have been very traumatic for the civilians. Suddenly, all their land, their possessions and their livelihood are destroyed and done so by the military. Poor, rich, white, black, it didn't matter. They burned everything and how hard would it have been for the children? The younger ones wouldn't have understood what was going on and the older ones would have greater incentive to hate the north.
