After capturing Atlanta in September of 1864, he told its mayor, "War is cruelty and you cannot refine it"
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[79.0] September 1864: War Is Cruelty, And You Cannot Refine It  Aug 1, 2015 ... In Petersburg, Grant kept up the pressure on Lee, while in Atlanta Sherman ... Six weeks had gone by since Sheridan had taken command, and he was still not moving. In mid-September, after receiving a polite prod from Lincoln, Grant ... of 19 September 1864, General James H. Wilson took his cavalrymen...
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Lincoln's generals: Sherman and Grant in their memoirs by James ...  In his early career he had various military assign ments: capturing and removing ... After the war, Grant served in various parts of the country, in various com .... Sherman assaulted the city and took it on September 2, 1864. ... But as Sherman had told the Mayor of Atlanta, You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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Sherman was a believer in total war. He said that the Northern ...  On September 1, 1864, Sherman and his army captured Atlanta, Georgia, ... Only after this ordeal did he begin his long and fruitful association with ... Having written to Mayor Calhoun of Atlanta in 1874 that "war is cruelty, and you cannot refine it .... I hastened back to my frightened servants and told them that they had better...
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William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikipedia  William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He ... In 1864, Sherman succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the Western Theater of the war. He proceeded to lead his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, a military success that contributed to the re-election of U.S....
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Was General Sherman's Use of Total Warfare Justified - UMBC  1806 Articles of War, which came to be known as the Lieber code after its author. ... In September 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman and his ... o Why might he have considered the city of Savannah, Georgia a gift? ... Distribute RS#02: Document A  General Sherman to the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta;...
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War document: General William Tecumseh Sherman to the Mayor ...  May 27, 2012 ... For Memorial Day Weekend, I thought I'd curate a few documents on war. ... I have your letter of the 11th, in the nature of a petition to revoke my orders ... now, it will not stop, but will go on until we reap the fate of Mexico, which is eternal war. ...... Then in 1793 the cotton gin was invented and the Industrial...
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Civilians In The Siege Of Vicksburg: Living In Caves, Eating Rats ...  Sep 12, 2016 ... Confederate civilians trapped in Vicksburg during General Ulysses Grant's 1863 ... The big guns of Battery Sherman in 1863 just after the siege of Vicksburg | Source ... Although the army had accumulated some supplies of these items in the city in ... Rice and milk is my main food; I can't eat the mule-meat.
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This Day in Quotes: On this date in 1813, Oliver Hazard Perry ...  Sep 10, 2014 ... It was reported that, as he lay dying, Lawrence said: Tell the men to fire faster ... And, during the September 10th battle on Lake Erie, it was defiantly unfurled on ... Commodore Perry quickly scrawled a brief report on the back of an ... The first line of his message, We have met the enemy and they are ours,...
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Richmond National Battlefield -- Places Reflecting America's ...  The Confederate capital city that federal troops encountered was in shambles, its few ... Trapped, they endured a barrage of Confederate bullets for 30 minutes.
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Timeline of the Civil War, August 1864May 1865 - North Carolina ...  Hood surrendered Atlanta, Georgia, on September 1; Sherman occupied the city the next day. ... In the course of the march, he cut himself off from his source of supplies, ... In addition, Lincoln's veto of the Wade-Davis Bill  requiring the majority of the ... Sherman Marches through North and South Carolina: Union General...
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Free Flashcards about GENERALS - StudyStack  THIS CIVIL WAR GENERAL WHO REMARKED THAT "WAR IS HELL" MADE LIFE HELL FOR GEORGIA DURING HIS MARCH TO THE SEA, SHERMAN.
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The American Civil War and the wars of the Industrial Revolution by ...  Sherman began his advance into the South on May 4, 1864, leaving ... Johnston denied one until May 12, when, in what Howard called one of his clean retreats, he left ... While you were sleeping last night, I was planning for you, sir; and now I was ..... During September 1-2, Hood therefore withdrew from Atlanta, correctly...
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The Civil War | HistoryNet  Northerners have also called the Civil War the War to Preserve the Union, .... On September 10, a Union victory at Carnifax Ferry in the Big Kanawha .... Counties of western Virginia had refused to leave the Union when the state seceded in 1861. ... Sherman's men entered Atlanta after the Confederate army, now under the...
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32. From Uneasy Peace to Bitter Conflict (HISTORY OF NORTH ...  He organized a daring attack on slavery by attempting to incite a mass ..... The rebel yell became a hallmark of the Confederate Army. ...... A President Impeached Johnson's response to his impeachment was, "Let them impeach, and be damned." In the spring of 1868, Andrew Johnson became the first President to be...
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General William Tecumseh Sherman | HistoryNet  Information and Articles About General William T. Sherman, a Union General during the ... of Georgia and on September 2, 1864, successfully captured the vital city of ... of Meridian, but Sherman's troops tore up railroad tracks and burned military ... The general had spent much time in the South as a U.S. Army officer and as...
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Atlanta Compromise Speech - PBS  The Atlanta Compromise Speech (1895) ... Alabama to Atlanta, knowing that one false note in his speech could jeopardize everything he had built at Tuskegee.
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How a detachment of U.S. Army soldiers smoked out the original Ku ...  Mar 4, 2016 ... God damn you, one Klansman cried out during an attack. ... When he returned to York County after the South's defeat a free man, ... The Ku Klux Klan may have seemed merely a ghoulish attempt to scare people when it first ..... Department to initiate the occupation of Yorkville, their county seat, by Merrill.
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William Quantrill Raids Lawrence, Kansas, 1863  One of the most vicious attacks of the American Civil War. ... The new settlement of Lawrence, Kansas was at the epicenter of this fire-storm of violence. A hub ... John McCorkle rode with Quantrill's raiders for three years and served as his scout. ... pillaged and burned homes murdered Southern men, Insulted, outraged and...
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William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikipedia  William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. ... In 1864, Sherman succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the Western Theater of the war. He proceeded to lead his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, a military success that contributed to the re-election of U.S....
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William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikipedia  William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He ... He proceeded to lead his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, a military ... Sherman's subsequent march through Georgia and the Carolinas further ..... In his Memoirs, Sherman noted political pressures in 18641865 to...
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Discussion 1864 Atlanta Campaign | Video | C-SPAN.org  September 2, 2014. Fall of Atlanta Steven Davis discusses the Civil War's 1864 Atlanta Campaign and the roles of the four commanders who had the greatest...