General William T. Sherman

June 10, 2025, 7:05 PM

• "had been the superintendent at a college in Louisiana before the war
• "In the South, the people were earnest, fierce and angry, and were evidently organizing for action; whereas, in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, I saw not the least sign of preparation. It certainly looked to me as though the people of the North would tamely submit to a disruption of the Union, and the orators of the South used, openly and constantly, the expressions that there would be no war, and that a lady's thinble would hold all the blood to be shed."
• "Lincoln ignored the calls for peace--the dismal battle strengthened his resolve to win the war."