Civil war Quote by William Tecumseh Sherman

“After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.”

William Tecumseh Sherman

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The only good Indian is a dead Indian

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We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals.

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The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance.

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“You might as well appeal against a thunderstorm as against these terrible hardships of war. War is cruelty, there is no use trying to…

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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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If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell…

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The young bloods of the South; sons of planters, lawyers about towns, good billiard players and sportsmen, men who never did any work and…

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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.

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Grant stood by me when I was crazy...

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You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing!

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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.

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War is at its best barbarism.

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Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!

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“ “In the South, football is confused with religion, chivalry, the Civil War, and women.” -Diane Roberts, The Quotable South ”

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Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality.

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You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do…

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“Civil wars...are the best wars for the writer...because they have a way of continuing long afterwl wars between nations are resolved; because, with the…

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I am out of money,we are all out of money,but we dont need money down here- Dont need anything but Men , Muskets, Ammunition,…

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