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We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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William Tecumseh Sherman
Age: 71 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 8
Died: 1891
Died: February 14
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I'm a damned sight smarter than Grant I know more about organization, supply and administration and about everything else than he does but I'll tell you where he beats me and where he beats the world. He don't care a damn for what the enemy does out of his sight but it scares me like hell.
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Though I never ordered it, and never wished for it, I have never shed any tears over the event, because I believe that it hastened what we all fought for, the end of the war.
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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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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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