MathiasTCK.bsky.socialFeb 7
Sherman quotes: "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace."

William Tecumseh Sherman to At...
William Tecumseh Sherman to Atlanta : "War is Hell"

General William Tecumseh Sherman famous letter to the Mayor and Councilmen of Atlanta telling him he without a doubt will burn down their city.

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"You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error"
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"You have heretofore read public sentiment in your newspapers, that live by #falsehood and excitement; and the quicker you seek for truth in other quarters, the better."
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"You deprecate its horrors, but did not feel them when you sent car-loads of soldiers and ammunition, and moulded shells and shot, to carry war into Kentucky and Tennessee,"
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"to desolate the homes of hundreds and thousands of good people who only asked to live in peace at their old homes, and under the Government of their inheritance." #ShermanQuotes