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Quotation from Memoirs by William Tecumseh Sherman
“This is waste, but is the natural consequence of war, chargeable on those who caused the war”
Memoirs, Vol. I, Ch. XII (letter from Memphis, 1862) (Project Gutenberg #2616 (Vol. I))
Answering civilian complaints, Sherman separates soldiers' theft, which he will punish, from destruction he calls the necessary cost of operations.
Citation: "This is waste, but is the natural consequence of war, chargeable on those who caused the war" — William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs, Vol. I, Ch. XII (letter from Memphis, 1862) (Project Gutenberg #2616 (Vol. I)). (id shermans-memoirs-q6)
Portrait: William Tecumseh Sherman, Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain.
