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.
William Tecumseh ShermanI 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 ShermanYou 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 and is perpetuated in pride.
William Tecumseh Sherman