- cross-posted to:
- shermanposting@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- shermanposting@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18083376
The pic of Bernie on his hardhat really makes it, I think
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18083376
The pic of Bernie on his hardhat really makes it, I think
Is that a statue of Sherman?
It’s Stonewall Jackson
I’m no expert on Civil War figures, but the guy in the statue has a different hairline than every picture of Sherman that I’ve ever seen. Statue guy has the widow’s peak/M-shape, but Sherman was never painted or photographed with a pronounced widow’s peak or receding hair on the edges like that.
Every so often I see the true power of the internet happening right in front of me and I am awed. Given the oddities of humanity, I would be not surprised at someone being an expert on civil war figures, or even civil war hairlines, but here I am and I just found the world’s expert on Sherman’s hair line… Just Sherman.
Fucking amazing.
I think the more likely scenario is that you have simply encountered a civil war buff.
And like most all other civil war buffs, they’ve seen plenty of pictures of generals, certainly enough to know what they look like.
To me, Sherman has always sort of stood out for having a fairly modern look. Like…if dressed in normal clothes for 2024, his hair and overall appearance wouldn’t seem especially out of place or anachronistic. This as opposed to say, Longstreet or Stuart with their enormous beards, or Burnside with his…well…sideburns.
Haha nah I wouldn’t consider myself a Civil War buff. I just think Sherman was pretty dope for… well, going full Sherman on the confederates. So it stands to reason that I can easily ID him in pictures.