Juarez in 1866 was still at war with the French & their Austrian-imported Mexican emperor, Maximilian; as Sherman noted, Juarez was in Chihuahua "for no other possible purpose than to be where the devil himself cannot get at him."
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This turned out to be wise on Juarez' part; as soon as he moved further inland once his side started recapturing territory, the Mexican conservatives staged a daring raid from which he only narrowly escaped capture on horseback.
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The Mexican conservatives' plan was sound, but they had believed their own propaganda that Juarez did not know how to ride a horse (a serious defect in manhood, for a mid-19th century Mexican).
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Lesson: in war, never believe your own propaganda about the enemy.
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"But I wanted him Tecumseh me." - Benito Juarez, probably
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Sherman’s one of my favorites.
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“Do I get to burn farms on my way?” “well then I’m not interested”
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