OK, it's thread drift, but to get back to "Marching thru Georgia." I have been there & done that too, in my callow youth. There is a real life story that I now use to intro the song, & it goes like this: After the Civil War, "Uncle Billy" Sherman stayed in uniform and when Grant was elected Pres., Sherman moved up to what was then called Commander in Chief. As such he did a lot of travelling, visiting remote posts constantly. An impatient man, he got very tired of old geezers coming up and telling him they were with him on the March to the Sea. Once he got off the train in Arizona to inspect a small fort there. A local shook his hand and said, "I'm Commissioner so-&-so, welcome." Sherman said, "I suppose you were with me in Georgia." The Comish said politely, "No sir, I had the honor of wearing gray." That night at the obligatory banquet, the obligatory band played MtG. The Comish leaned over to Sherman and said, "We marched to that many times." Sherman said, "I thought you told me you were on the other side." Commissioner: "I was, and we were a mile ahead of you, but we were marching to it just the same."

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