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«I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.»
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
(General)
| About:
War
| Keywords:
field of battle, newspapers, The Field
«War is hell.»
«I 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. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast.»
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
(General)
| Keywords:
camp, From Hell, in truth, newspaperman, newspapermen, pick up, print, rumors, spied, spies, spying
«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.»
«War is at its best barbarism.»
«You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.'»
«If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you»
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
(General)
| Keywords:
penitentiary, thank you, The White House, White House
«Newspaper correspondents with an army, as a rule, are mischievous. They are the world's gossips, pick up and retail the camp scandal, and gradually drift to the headquarters of some general, who finds it easier to make reputation at home than with his own corps or division. They are also tempted to prophesy events and state facts which, to an enemy, reveal a purpose in time to guard against it. Moreover, they are always bound to see facts colored by the partisan or political character of their own patrons, and thus bring army officers into the political controversies of the day, which are always mischievous and wrong. Yet, so greedy are the people at large for war news, that it is doubtful whether any army commander can exclude all reporters, without bringing down on himself a clamor that may imperil his own safety. Time and moderation must bring a just solution to this modern difficulty.»
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
(General)
| Keywords:
against the rules, army officer, at large, camp, clamor, clamoring, colored, commander, controversies, corps, correspondent, correspondents, division, doubtful, drift, Enemy of the state, exclude, gossips, greedy, headquarters, home rule, imperil, imperiled, imperils, mischievous, moreover, officers, partisan, partisans, patrons, pick up, prophesy, Reporters, retail, retailing, scandal, tempted
«I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.»
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
(General)
| Keywords:
beg, Beg to, Christmas gift, Christmas present, savannah
«But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.»
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
(General)
| Keywords:
call on, cracker, crackers, every quarter, homes, quarter, shield, Sirs
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