“According to William Surface of the Museum of the Cape Fear in Fayetteville, North Carolina, ‘It became a badge of honor for some Southerners to have an ancestor whose house was burned by Sherman’s troops.’ “Betty McCain, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, exemplified this mindset while testifying [in 1994] before the […]
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‘Never mind — if it was bad, Sherman did it!’
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged betty mccain, fayetteville nc, james w loewen, lies across america, museum of the cape fear, nc civil war, nc department of cultural resources, sherman's march, william surface, william t sherman, wilmington nc on September 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
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