When I look at the first guy all I can think of is:
“I didn’t lose, I just failed to win”
this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2025
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Explanation: In the US Civil War, there was... quite a range of personalities on display amongst the generals.
General McClellan, at the top, was the kind of obsessive self-promoting opportunist climber who would probably talk about 'the grind' all the fucking time and run MLM schemes on Facebook if he were alive today.
General Sherman, in the middle, was known, even amongst people who liked him, for being somewhat... down-to-business and disinclined towards common courtesies, at least during the war.
General Grant, at the bottom, however, was regarded by everyone who met him as altogether too kind and empathetic for the job he was in, despite being excellent at it.
Sherman is such a mood though. No time to chat, I've got tickets to punch.
The South ain't gonna burn itself
In this climate? Gotta light it up before that shit sinks.
Dear Atlanta,
I'm coming to burn your shit down in a few weeks. I suggest you GTFO. I would rather not do it, but you know how it is. No hard feelings.
Sincerely,
General Sherman
"[i]f I had made up my mind to burn Columbia I would have burnt it with no more feeling than I would a common prairie dog village; but I did not do it".
- Sherman on a town he did NOT order to be burned (but was burned by accident anyway)