NYCkayaker Sherman Creek. Was: (no subject)

[Rich Kulawiec]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:43:21AM -0800, TomBrooklyn wrote:
> (I'm guessing General William Tecumseh Sherman, who burned Atlanta to the ground and
> scorched the earth from there to the sea at Savannah, crippling the Rebels in the
> largest and bloodiest war in American history.)

<chuckle>  While spending lots of time in various remote areas of
West Virginia, I've been told that this conflict is properly known
as "The War of Northern Aggression".  ;-)

BTW, the origins of the names of many streams in NJ, PA, MD and DE
are covered by Ed Gertler in his various guidebooks.

---Rsk