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Just use this when you need a facepalm to post.

Never underestimate people. That has been a mistake made by everyone during the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries.

A full on Guerrilla War in the South would have resulted in what Sherman did being a minor incident. Don't underestimate just how brutal a conquering force can be if you decide to piss them off. The South would have been turned into worst version of Beirut Lebanon. If they would have did that.

Yes we did. And life is good.

Yep we did and we still have the bulk of our land. Minus the part that we sold so that Lake Marion could be made.

Well I have a different perspective. From family history I learned that my tribe and the Southerners of the time from the end of the Revolutionary war until the Civil War had a very continuous relationship. We had land they wanted. And we weren't giving it up. Unlike with the Cherokee. Driving...

My family was here before the White man set foot in the South. The Santee are old.

I am. But my Family fought for the Union.

The South threw the first punch with the attack on the Star of the West. They chose to start a war. And as a result got what they got in retribution. None of it had to go down that way but they chose violence so they reaped violence in spades. Those are the breaks.