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    Question #55429. TheAlphaWolf asks:

    What famous Civil War general refused to burn what city because he said it was too beautiful?


    georgiadude33

    		i know the city is Savannah, Georgia, but i don' know the name of the general.

    Feb 23 05, 6:35 PM
    peasypod

    		General Sherman perhaps?

    Feb 23 05, 6:50 PM
    TheAlphaWolf

    		as far as I know it's not georgia... but peasy, you get half a yay!

    Feb 23 05, 7:03 PM
    robboy

    		Yep, pretty sure you're talking about Sherman and Savannah. Legend also has it that he had a mistress there, and for that reason spared the city, but he did present Mr. Lincoln the 'gift' of Savannah as a Christmas present on Dec. 22, 1864.

    Feb 23 05, 7:44 PM
    lothruin

    		General Ulysses S. Grant proclaimed that Port Gibson, MS was too beautiful to burn.

    Feb 23 05, 8:07 PM
    robboy

    		http://www.savannahvisit.com/savannah/

    Feb 23 05, 8:13 PM
    lothruin

    		Sorry, I wasn't saying anyone was wrong, it just seems there are two correct answers. Perhaps Alphawolf has confused the two answers, thinking Sherman said Port Gibson was too beautiful to burn, since he obviously didn't think Savannah was correct.

    http://www.portgibsononthemississippi.com/tourism.html

    Feb 23 05, 8:20 PM
    robboy

    		Yep, I feel the same. Just forgot to put the attribution. Wonder if AW might be a Yankee.

    Feb 23 05, 8:30 PM
    joezhou300

    		Birmingham, Alabama

    Feb 23 05, 9:28 PM
    Baloo55th

    		I don't think you'll find that Luis is a Yankee - he comes from a bit further south than you do, even....

    Feb 24 05, 6:08 AM
    SOTHC

    		Yes his lot remembers the Alamo but from the outside

    Feb 24 05, 7:36 AM
    TheAlphaWolf

    		lol. the most north I've ever been in my whole entire life was in virginia (I'm from Mexico) and that was for just one or two days.
    hmm... well... I guess they were wrong but I was told sheridan didn't want to burn down raleigh (NC) because of that.
    eh.

    Feb 24 05, 7:18 PM
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