I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.

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.

I begin to regard the death and mangling of a couple thousand men as a small affair, a kind of morning dash-and it may be well that we become so hardened.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

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.

Grant stood by me when I was crazy.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.