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New Mexico

William Tecumseh Sherman has never been one of my favorite  people.  After  all, he burned Atlanta to the ground, and they are still     trying to rebuild it after 150 years. Years after the Civil War ended,  Sherman, who intensely disliked  the arid country and the people of  the Southwest, supposedly said  that   “the United States ought to  declare war on Mexico and make it  take back New Mexico.”                                                             I totally disagree. New Mexico has good people, good food, and oil wells.  It has Albuquerque, a turquoise jewel that is one of the best places I have been.  It has a constant breeze, even when the temps soar. It has dazzling sunsets and painted ...