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More from William Tecumseh Sherman

  1. 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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  2. 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. Fear is the beginning of…

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  3. If forced to choose between the White House and the penitentiary for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

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