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bija089 [108]
3 years ago
6

What is a Sherman "Neck Tie"?

History
2 answers:
liq [111]3 years ago
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Sherman's neckties were a railway-destruction tactic used in the American Civil War. Named after Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army, Sherman's neckties were railway rails destroyed by heating them until they were malleable and twisting them into loops resembling neckties, often around trees. Wikipedia

Pie3 years ago
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Answer:  Sherman's neckties were a railway-destruction tactic used in the American Civil War.

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