Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sherman” in chapter 16, page 311 of John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army:
... is proof positive that the North can prevail in this contest, leaving only open the question of its willingness to use that power.
It was, perhaps, not war, but rather statesmanship upon which Sherman was about to enter—not to defeat and destroy or capture the Confederate armies, but to demonstrate
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