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I suggest providing more detail under the "Slavery and Emancipation" subsection of this article, regarding the 1888 essay General Sherman wrote defending civil rights for African Americans. Having read the essay, I suggest including that Sherman predicted another Civil War if white southerners continued to block Afr. American suffrage through violence. To quote Sherman: "Ask the abrogration of Article XIV. of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, or allow the negro to vote, and count his vote. Otherwise, so sure as there is a God in Heaven, you will have another war, more cruel than the last, when the torch and dagger will take the place of the muskets of well-ordered battalions" (p. 366)
Here is a source for the full, primary source article: Sherman, W. T. “Old Shady, with a Moral.” The North American Review 147, no. 383 (1888): 361–68. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25101627. BJAllTheWay (talk) 05:14, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not done for now: Please provide secondary sources showing that this is noteworthy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:19, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done I added the quote in the form that it's used at the end of a recently published and well reviewed book (Dickey's Rising in Flames, from 2018). - Eb.hoop2 (talk) 06:01, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Semi-protected edit request on 15 November 2023[edit]
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The opening paragraph opines negatively on the supposed scorched earth strategy General Sherman employed against the confederate states in open rebellion against the union. It should be rewritten without this pro-confederate bias. For example: “General Sherman used tactics that, while extreme, were permissible under the law of war as it was read at the time. While controversial, his strategies were critical in ensuring a Confederate surrender, reunification of the Union, and a lasting peace.” 100.16.234.26 (talk) 09:13, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The sentence: “According to historian John D. Winters's The Civil War in Louisiana (1963), at this stage Sherman…” should be updated to: “According to historian John D. Winters' The Civil War in Louisiana (1963), at this stage Sherman…” 2600:100B:B021:7805:1881:D5D6:2196:4E74 (talk) 09:51, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done for now: Please provide secondary sources showing that this is noteworthy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:19, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
