War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is…

William Tecumseh Sherman
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. ✨ The Civil War Generation. Book by Norman K. Risjord, p. 143, 2002.
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. ✨ The Civil War Generation. Book by Norman K. Risjord, p. 143, 2002.

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