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

— William T. Sherman

William T. Sherman Tee

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

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Era: Civil War

Region: United States

William T. Sherman

William T. Sherman

1820 – 1891
Civil War United States

Union general whose march to the sea pioneered modern total war, breaking the Confederacy's will as surely as its armies.

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