In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
William Tecumseh ShermanI knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come-if alive.
William Tecumseh ShermanThough I never ordered it, and never wished for it, I have never shed any tears over the event, because I believe that it hastened what we all fought for, the end of the war.
William Tecumseh ShermanThe North can make a steam engine, locomotive or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or a pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical and determined people on earth - right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with.
William Tecumseh Sherman