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My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us.

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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

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If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir.

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In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.

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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.

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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.

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I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.

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There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon. The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: February 8th, 1820

Died: February 14th, 1891

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