== == Sherman referred to war as being hell in a speech to a large group of young cadets. His quote is "you may think that war is all glory, but it is all hell, boys." Sherman understood that in order to fully win a war and put a stop to fighting, you had to destroy the desire and will to fight, not just win tactical battles. He was arguably the first practitioner of "total war", i.e., taking the war to the land, supplies and people of the enemy, not just attacking the opposing army. He has been vilified for this, but in reality civilian casualties were quite low whereever his army went (property is another story). Sherman, long before he made the war is hell reference has stated "War is cruelty and you cannot refine it", he truly believed this, and when he made his speech to the cadets, it was to advise them that the actuality of war is in no way a glorious and glamorous affair, it is rather the worst and most harsh, cruel practice that you will ever encounter. He was both warning and preparing the audience about the reality of war.
It was long after the war, I think in 1883. He had been invited to speak at a patriotic rally. Paraphrasing, he said there is many a boy here today who thinks that war is all glory, but war is cruelty and you cannot refine it. War is hell.
"War is hell."
Union General Sherman had just finished his famous March to the Sea. In a communication with President Lincoln after the city of Savannah surrendered, he made his famous "War is hell". quote.
General Sherman.
Sherman's army was the civil war army commanded by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
general. William T. Sherman of the u.s. army
william tecumseh sherman
William T. Sherman
He conducted what was referred as "Total War", saying: "...War is hell"!
Because Tyler the Creator said "This is Hell, You never gota fight fair
"Hell" is the H - word . This is taken from the Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's quote "War is Hell." during the Civil War .
William T. Sherman was a great war general;also known as Burnin Sherman.
William Tecumseh Sherman. And to this day, no Southerner will ever name his child Sherman.
It was long after the war, I think in 1883. He had been invited to speak at a patriotic rally. Paraphrasing, he said there is many a boy here today who thinks that war is all glory, but war is cruelty and you cannot refine it. War is hell.
"War is hell."
No,William Tecumseh Sherman died in 1891, 26 years after the end of the Civil War.
William T. Sherman's method/strategy was known as Total War or Hard War.