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

William Tecumseh Sherman

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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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Cruelty Over Reform Sooner True Try Use War
It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Disagreeable Thing Whip
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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All Chosen Enemy Give Our Remedy Say They Want War
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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Qualify Term War Will
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Any Had Hand Know Make More Peace Sacrifice Secure Today War
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Camp Come Fact Hate Newspaper Pick Print Regret Rumor Spies Truth
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Aim Dread Fear Follow Humble Inmost Make Pride Rebel Recesses Whom
There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Argument Arm Between Canon Capital Come Contest Each Other Gun Labor Oppose Powder Soon
He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Army Belong Invincible Known Peace War
Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Crazy Drunk Each Grant Now Other Stand Stood
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Elect Nit Nominate Run Serve
This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Arm Differ Feel Fight From Hand Hard Hostile Make Old Particular People Rich War Way Young
The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Better Class Howl Insane Lower Mean Stop Strata Them Try
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Beg Make Mercy Possible Severe Show South Symptom Try War Would
I intend to make Georgia howl.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Country Howl Intent Make People Peron
You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Breakfast Dare Flea Lion Lip May Say Valliant Well You
The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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Anyosy Crude Field Scene War
I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Earn Hold Rank Want
Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Courage Danger Endure Measure Mental Perfect Sensibility Willingness
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Attempt Disaster Easy Every Humilation Make Result Safe
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Aim Dread Fear Humble Inmost Make Pride Rebel Recesses Whip
The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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Humbug People Voice
It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.
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Aloud Blood Cry Fired Grain Hear More Neither Only Shot Those Vengeance Wound
A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Artillery Battery Field Worth
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Against Cruelty Great Howl People Share
An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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Arm Army Collection Man Men Obey Obliged One
Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Begining Fear Wisdom

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