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. (William Tecumseh Sherman)

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.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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