"You people speak so lightly of war. You
don't know what you are talking about. War is a terrible thing. I know you are
a brave, fighting people, but for every day of actual fighting, there are months of suffering, exposure and
suffering. More men die in war from sickness than are killed in battle. At best
war is a frightful loss of life and property, worse still is the demoralization
of the people." General William T.
Sherman, Christmas Eve, 1860.
"The voices of soldiers, sailors and
civilians, northerners and southerners, generals and privates, combine to
create a distinctively American chorus.... Denney understands and highlights
the nature of war." Publishers Weekly
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