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William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end.



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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.



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



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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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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.



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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.





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