Don't even get me started on Sheridan, who played a very large part in the wholesale slaughter of the buffalo in the 1880s. The idea was that the Indians could easily be subjugated if their food supply was cut off. Sheridan was a mean-tempered, nasty little man. BUT in the context of his time, he did what he had to do to get the job done. Unfortunately said job was not a pleasant one, by any standards.

This is all very interesting and puts me in mind of many conversations I have had about W.T. Sherman. Here in the South, one dare not express any admiration for the man who set Georgia on fire. But Sherman had a determination that is rarely found among the populace at large, and that's what I admire about him. He had grit. How many leaders can you say that about today? And by golly, like it or not, Sherman won the Civil War for the Union.

"War is hell, boys."