William Tecumseh Sherman
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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