Sherman’s March by Sutliff

[Briar Lee]

Regular price $6 a pouch or $24 for eight ounce can.

Blended by Russ Ouellette

Highly recommended
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Blender’s description

Brigadier Sherman's March is a truly traditional American blend. This homage to blends long past includes mellow, nutty Burleys combined with sweet Virginias and finished with the tang of rum and the warm flavor of maple. For an easy-smoking blend with a great aroma, this is a no-brainer. Get yourself some Brigadier Black Sherman's March for a real old-fashioned experience.

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I bought all six pouches of the Brigadier Black “battle” blends for $27 from Pipes and Cigars.

When I was a kid there was a man named John Hornbeck who ran the Shady Nook Cafe in Humansville along with his wife, Louise. They were childhood sweethearts, middle aged fifty years ago, and John would come in from his milk route and watch Louise working and say in his high tenor voice:

It’s a lucky thing for me men all have different tastes, or else every man on earth would be after my wife.

And Louise’s tired eyes would look through her glasses at John, and smile sweetly.

I know how John Hornbeck felt.

Sherman’s March is one of the best tasting blends I’ve ever smoked. It’s utterly delicious, good enough I want to sprinkle it on my ice cream.

There is a rich, full tobacco taste with hints of rum, maple syrup, nuts: figs, citrus, and sweet cavendish. It’s balanced and nuanced and complex.
I think it’s a masterpiece, I’ll be buying more.

No bite, harshness or bitterness.

You never know, when you’ll discover a new blend you really think everybody else would smoke, if they only knew about it.

 

[burleybreath]

Their Burning Atlanta is lip-smackin' good, too.

 

[rmbittner]

Their Burning Atlanta is lip-smackin' good, too.

Naming a blend “Sherman‘s March” seems to indicate a lack of good taste on the manufacturer’s part. Or maybe they’re just ignorant and have no idea what that “march” entailed. Or maybe it’s accurate, and it’s a blend that leaves fire and death in its wake.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

“Sherman‘s March” seems to indicate a lack of good taste on the manufacturer’s part. Or maybe they’re just ignorant and have no idea what that “march” entailed.

Russ is in Pennsylvania, so for those Northerners, it's like calling it Yorktown or Iwo Jima. For Southerners (or those few who still root for the South) it is like calling it Pearl Harbor. Me... I just see a bag of nasty aromatics, ha ha.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

The name does conjure up the image of a scorched tongue campaign.

 

[rmbittner]

Well, I’m a born-and-bred Northerner who tends to get anxious south of the Mason-Dixon Line. But I still know what the words “Sherman’s march” connote. It still rubs me the wrong way.

And I’d argue that for a Northerner to name a blend “Sherman’s March” would be similar to a Japanese company naming a blend “Pearl Harbor.”

 

[telescopes]

Well, I’m a born-and-bred Northerner who tends to get anxious south of the Mason-Dixon Line. But I still know what the words “Sherman’s march” connote. It still rubs me the wrong way.

And I’d argue that for a Northerner to name a blend “Sherman’s March” would be similar to a Japanese company naming a blend “Pearl Harbor.”

I initially felt the same way you did, but given the response to nullify speech by so many, I say, let em march.

Also, now that I think about it, it would be funny, from a Japanese perspective, to name a tobacco Pearl Harbor. You won't see the Lat Bomb coming.

Humor is important. Yes, at times it can seem insensitive. Humor is our natural reaction to those things that are all too often painful and ugly. We just have to laugh at the irony of it.

But I agree with Cosmic, Sherman's March does conjure up a fire burning on the tongue for sure.

 

[Briar Lee]

Their Burning Atlanta is lip-smackin' good, too.

The battles series are Waterloo, Alamo, Antietam, Sherman’s March, Bull Run, and Gettysburg.

Naming a blend “Sherman‘s March” seems to indicate a lack of good taste on the manufacturer’s part. Or maybe they’re just ignorant and have no idea what that “march” entailed. Or maybe it’s accurate, and it’s a blend that leaves fire and death in its wake.

There’s another series named after Casey Jones, which also appeals to history lovers.

Some of us can remember our parents, preachers, and teachers having us celebrate Hero’s Day on April 30, when Casey Jones died so that others might live, at Vaughn Mississippi, when he died with his hand on the throttle of Engine 382 pulling the Cannonball Express.

Casey was a good Missouri Campbellite boy, although born in Cayce Kentucky, who left behind a wife and family.

We never forget to remember those who died In His Service, and on station.

Casey Jones - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Now as to Sherman, he was a bit careless with fire, but under Lincoln’s orders he liberated a large part of Georgia.

 

[krizzose]

Their Burning Atlanta is lip-smackin' good, too.

It’s definitely a better blend than Andersonville

 

[canucklehead]

There’s another series named after Casey Jones, which also appeals to history lovers.

Some of us can remember our parents, preachers, and teachers having us celebrate Hero’s Day on April 30, when Casey Jones died so that others might live, at Vaughn Mississippi, when he died with his hand on the throttle of Engine 382 pulling the Cannonball Express.

Casey was a good Missouri Campbellite boy, although born in Cayce Kentucky, who left behind a wife and family.

We never forget to remember those who died In His Service, and on station.

Casey Jones - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I like C&D's Engine #382

Cornell & Diehl Engine #382 2oz | Smokingpipes.com

Experience the bellowing smoke of C&D's Engine #382, offering a soft, vanilla-like flavor for a pleasant and unique experience.

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[motorjon68]

Sherman’s March was just one of his atrocities. He almost eradicated the buffalo in order to starve native Americans. I can’t change history and it’s not like the money goes to his family. So to hell with that guy and enjoy a good tobacco. And yeah I’d probably pull the label off or put in a different container,