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.

Quote by William Tecumseh Sherman

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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...

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

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

War is at its best barbarism.

War is at its best barbarism.

War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the...

War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the...

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but,...

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but,...

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.

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print...

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print...

In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it...

In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it...

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is,...

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is,...

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...

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

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.

There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each...

There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each...

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...

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...

I intend to make Georgia howl.

I intend to make Georgia howl.

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.

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...

War is hell.