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This may have an easy answer, but I'm wondering which military figures from the North and the South were each vilified the most by the other side. In other words, who did the North fear the most from the South? And who did the South fear the most from the North?
Sherman for sure would get the nod for the North, with Benjamin Butler a VERY close second.The South is a bit harder to pinpoint... Forrest maybe... possibly even Jefferson Davis...
Sherman for sure would get the nod for the North, with Benjamin Butler a VERY close second.The South is a bit harder to pinpoint... Forrest maybe... possibly even Jefferson Davis...
Butler was vilified more for his administrative tyranny than his military acumen. In fact Butler was very incompetent on the battlefield, but he was very shrewd in political maneuvering. The North feared Lee, Jackson, Longstreet, and Forrest but Forrest is probably the only one truly hated by the North. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and maybe even Thomas were feared because they not only were competent warriors, they showed no fear. Sherman gets the nod for most hated with Sheridan a close second. I'm tempted to include Hancock and the Iron Brigade in this too. Okay I just did LOL.
Sherman for sure would get the nod for the North, with Benjamin Butler a VERY close second.The South is a bit harder to pinpoint... Forrest maybe... possibly even Jefferson Davis...
Butler was vilified more for his administrative tyranny than his military acumen. In fact Butler was very incompetent on the battlefield, but he was very shrewd in political maneuvering. The North feared Lee, Jackson, Longstreet, and Forrest but Forrest is probably the only one truly hated by the North. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and maybe even Thomas were feared because they not only were competent warriors, they showed no fear. Sherman gets the nod for most hated with Sheridan a close second. I'm tempted to include Hancock and the Iron Brigade in this too. Okay I just did LOL.
Ok One was a drunk, the next one sufferd from depresion (might i add both were kicked out of the army) and heck the last one was a glory hound... the reason why we southerners feared Grant and Sherman...are you ready for it... THEY WERE TOO LOOSE WITH THEIR MEN!!! AND THEIR MEN CARRIED TORCHES AND RIFFLES NOT A GOOD COMBINATION!! WOULD'NT YOU BE SCARED IF SOMEONE CAME INTO YOUR HOME TOOK ALL YOUR FOOD AND ALL YOUR SILVER YEAH NOT THAT GOOD PALL
