I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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War is hell.
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But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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