Sherman and Lincoln
September 20, 2016
Sherman speaking of his Georgia campaign: “No doubt many acts of pillage, robbery and violence were committed.” Lincoln’s message to Sherman when he reached Savannah: “God bless you and the army under your command.” And the Republican Party proudly calls itself the Party of Lincoln?
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.

