Sherman marker’s history inaccurate
Regarding the guest column, “Rethinking Sherman’s March” (Opinion, Dec. 25), I am incensed over the marker on the grounds of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum about the March to the Sea — not because of the marker, but its inscription stating, “Contrary to popular myth, Sherman’s troops primarily destroyed only property used for waging war,” along with other misinformation.
It is well documented the civilian atrocities by many credible sources Sherman and his men perpetrated when he “made Georgia howl” as he boasted. Winston Churchill said that the “victors write the history.” How profound, particularly in this instance. This is an attempt to politically correct history. I am disappointed that Jimmy Carter allowed this, and again, as a native Atlantan, I am insulted and offended by the inaccurate wording.
J.W. HOPE, LOGANVILLE
How leftists get the Civil War wrong
John M. Crisp demonstrates that leftists never let their ignorance get in the way of their agenda (“The right to be offended,” Opinion, Dec. 27). His op-ed begins with an error and goes downhill from there. Just a couple of examples: He calls the Confederate battle flag the “Stars and Bars.” It is not; the latter is a totally different flag.
He ridicules the statement that Lincoln was a white supremacist. Here is a Lincoln quote: “There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people, to the idea of an indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races.” This is why (Lincoln) attempted to send all blacks back to Africa and why most blacks in the North, under Lincoln, were not allowed to vote and barred from being jurors and could not testify in court against a white man. Incidentally, the so-called Emancipation Proclamation was carefully concocted so that it did not free a single slave. Sounds like a white supremacist to me.
WALTER H. INGE, ATLANTA
Love of God leads to peace on earth
Whether you believe in God or not, man does not naturally love one another, as pointed out by Kyle Wingfield (“It came to pass: Christmas’ king of the unexpected,” Opinion, Dec. 25). When we truly love God, that love is a forceful power to help us to be able to love one another and thereby have peace on earth.
PEGGY FAGRE, ACWORTH
Cuba policy change was long overdue
It was not democracy that freed the Soviet bloc countries from Communism. It was capitalism. If we had ended the embargo and allowed our Western goods into Cuba, Fidel Castro would have been long gone.
BRAD DALLAS, ATLANTA
