Humor
General Sherman at Stone Mountain
It was during the War of Northern Aggression, when General Sherman marched his troops through Georgia.
When the 125,000 soldiers got to Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Sherman noticed a lone Confederate soldier on top of the mountain, waving his sword and jumping up and down, shouting at the Yankees and calling them nasty names.
The General called his officers to him and said, "That man up there on Stone Mountain has got to be stopped! We can't let him get away with that! Send me our biggest and baddest soldier!"
So the man was summoned to the General's presence and Sherman told him, "Go kill that Rebel! We can't have that sort of behavior making a mockery of our noble troops!"
The soldier saluted smartly and rushed off to eliminate the offending enemy. After about half an hour, there was a great clashing of swords and the Yankee soldier flew off the mountain top with a shriek and fell to the ground, dead, in a bloody heap, not far from the General. The Rebel soldier laughed and shouted and waved his saber.
Sherman called his officers again and said, "This won't do at all! We have to get rid of that Rebel! Send in a special team of ten top-notch fighters!"
So the ten top-notch soldiers assaulted the mountain, and about half an hour later all ten of them came hurtling down off the mountain top and fell to the ground, dead. The Rebel soldier laughed and shouted and waved his saber.
This time Sherman sent 150 of the best men he had left. Pretty soon there was another clash of swords and again men came flying off the mountain. All the men were dead except for one. who was in bad shape but still alive. The Rebel soldier laughed and shouted and waved his saber.
Sherman asked him, "Soldier, what's the problem up there? Why hasn't that Rebel been killed?"
The soldier gasped, "General, Sir, it's a trick! There's TWO of them!!!"