Yes, even after the war he was brutal towards former Confederates, then
moved on to the Plains Indians. What I was getting at was that previously
I'd heard that if a statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the
air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air,
the person died as a result of battle wounds; if the horse has all four legs
on the ground, the person died of natural causes. The Sheridan statue is
pictured at http://www.netpluscom.com/~pchs/sheridan_monument.htm. Both
front feet are in the air, so this kind of disputes the statue-battle death
thing.
> This is all dangerously off-topic.
Good point. I was being helpful towards you Southern folks going to the
convention (You might want to think twice about leaving that Confederate
flag on the back of your pickups.) :-)
-- Jay DeLong Olympia, WA "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." ~Ansel Adams
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