But Jay, I don't know your statue-battle death question. Sheridan certainly
didn't die in battle (ask the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho...).
This is all dangerously off-topic. So maybe we can rename some _Notropis_
species, the Sherman Shiner?
--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A
> > >(birth place of General William T. Sherman!)
> >
> > Boo! Hiss!! :)
>
>No one being burned alive agrees that all is fair in war :-) Much of the
>North just like the South is proud of its war heroes. Columbus named its
>hocky team the Blue Jackets, and even though the mascot is a hornet, the
>name came from its Civil War history.
>
>Not too far away from Lancaster is a statue of General Sheridan in the town
>of Somerset. When I was a kid we would drive from Pittsburgh to southern
>Ohio once or twice a year and we would always go through Sheridan. His
>statue was of him on a horse, but I don't remember if none, one or two of
>the horse's feet were off the ground. So I don't know if he died from
>battle. You guys know the statue-battle death connection I'm referring to?
>If it's true it's neat.
>
>--
>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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