William Tecumseh Sherman

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A red velvet chair with a stop paddle on the seat and a laurel wreath fallen beside it. — Original artwork

If nominated by either party, I should preemptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve.

William Tecumseh Sherman

A small drum with a red ribbon on one side and a blackened rim on the other, resting on ash-grey ground. — Original artwork

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Painterly two toy soldiers on scorched ground, one standing and one fallen, beneath a smoky sky. — Original artwork

War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Painterly two toy soldiers on scorched ground, one standing and one fallen, beneath a smoky sky. — Original artwork

War is hell.

William Tecumseh Sherman