Friday, September 10, 2010

Only Book Saved in Civil War University of Alabama Burning Was Koran

Well this is interesting. See Copy of Quran only book saved from Union’s 1865 burning of UA

Posted by James H at 9/10/2010 10:27:00 AM

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2 comments:

Pro Ecclesia said...

... As the troops marched down the long, gravel street lined with cedar trees, they were met by a group of university faculty that included Andre Deloffre, the university’s librarian, and William Wyman, professor of Latin and Greek.

Deloffre begged Johnston to spare the library, one of the finest of its time. Johnston responded by sending a courier to headquarters, asking if the library could remain unscathed, but he was instructed by his general to burn the Rotunda as planned...

Burning a university library? To what end? What did it accomplish?

No, Sherman, Sheridan, and their ilk weren't war criminals. Not at all.

Bastards.

September 10, 2010 at 1:12 PM
James H said...

Yeah noit the Unions Greatest moment there

September 10, 2010 at 1:27 PM

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