Sherman At Atlanta

At the end of the Western Campaign of the Civil War the river systems were secured. Sherman had pushed Hood out of Atlanta, and burned the city. The only thing left to do in the Western Campaign was to burn a sixty-mile path to the sea. Here is an interesting story of Sherman leaving Atlanta. I received this as an e-mail and I have no idea who the author is. If you know please let me know I will be happy to give the author credit. Enjoy! Sherman had an army of 100,00 to 125,000 well-trained seasoned soldiers. ( SEASONED They are like me they have been around a long time.) Sherman’s army is taking I-20 as they leave. Then they turn onto the Stone Mountain Freeway. Low and behold when they get to Stone Mountain there is a Rebel soldier on top of the mountain. He is waving his saber. His scarf is blowing in the wind. From the Reb’s mouth Sherman hears ugly names about his Yankee army. “Boys, we can not have this! We have CNN, USA Today, and ABC NEWS with us. This is not what we want to see on their headlines. Who is the toughest Yankee we have here?” They all yell “Tyson, Tyson!” Son go up that mountain and get the Reb! Tyson climbs the mountain. He is there a minute and his body comes flying off that mountain and lands in front of Sherman’s horse. (Now I don’t need to describe you what that pool in front of Sherman looked like.) Sherman gets mad and orders the ten top Yankees to go get the Reb! Sad, sad not a one lives to tell their story. Sherman is furious, his neck is getting red, and there is a little smoke coming from his ears. He sends 150 of his best Yankees after that Reb. Later a lone soldier staggers down off the mountain. He is bleeding from every square inch of his body. “What is your story son?” “General Sherman it was a trick! There were two of them Rebs!”