I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.

Quote by William Tecumseh Sherman

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War is at its best barbarism.

War is at its best barbarism.

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of...

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of...

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules...

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules...

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer...

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer...

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and...

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and...

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them...

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them...

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to...

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to...

There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it...

There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it...

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body...

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body...

An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change...

An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change...

This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but...

This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but...

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only...

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only...

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he...

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he...

The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.

The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them...

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them...

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I...

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I...

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

War is hell.