The 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 ShermanGrant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
William Tecumseh ShermanI 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.
William Tecumseh ShermanIf you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir.
William Tecumseh Sherman