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SYFROYH

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2. What he said is true, but Sherman was also a master of creating the shrief and groans of the wounded and lacerated.

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Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:18 PM

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His Total Warfare crushed the South and helped end the war sooner rather than later. I sometimes wonder if our more "humane" wars that last years longer than past wars actually causes more pain and death.

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