"Which US Civil War union general said ""I am tired and sick of fighting, its glory is all moonshine. War is Hell""?"
"were fighting hard. Historian Gary Gallagher cites General Sherman who in early 1864 commented, ""The devils seem to have a determination that cannot but be admired."" Despite their loss of slaves and wealth, with starvation looming, Sherman continued, ""yet I see no sign of let up—some few deserters—plenty tired of war, but the masses determined to fight it out."" Also important were Lincoln's eloquence in rationalizing the national purpose and his skill in keeping the border states committed to the Union cause. The Emancipation Proclamation was an effective use of the President's war powers. The Confederate government failed in its"
"""War Is Hell"". On April 11, 1880, he addressed a crowd of more than 10,000 at Columbus, Ohio: ""There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell."" In 1945, President Harry S. Truman would say: ""Sherman was wrong. I'm telling you I find peace is hell."" One of Sherman's significant contributions as head of the Army was the establishment of the Command School (now the Command and General Staff College) at Fort Leavenworth in 1881. Sherman stepped down as commanding general on November 1, 1883, and retired from the"
"women and children) were killed in these conflicts. A majority of the surviving Nez Perce were finally forced to surrender on October 5, 1877, after the Battle of the Bear Paw Mountains in Montana, from the Canada–US border. Chief Joseph surrendered to General Oliver O. Howard of the U.S. Cavalry. During the surrender negotiations, Chief Joseph sent a message, usually described as a speech, to the US soldiers. It has become renowned as one of the greatest American speeches: ""...Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will"
"Edwin Vose Sumner Edwin Vose Sumner (January 30, 1797March 21, 1863) was a career United States Army officer who became a Union Army general and the oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side during the American Civil War. His nicknames ""Bull"" or ""Bull Head"" came both from his great booming voice and a legend that a musket ball once bounced off his head. Sumner fought in the Black Hawk War, with distinction in the Mexican–American War, on the Western frontier, and in the Eastern Theater for the first half of the Civil War. He led the II"
"James Calhoun James M. Calhoun (February 12, 1811October 1, 1875) was the 16th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War, best known as the recipient of Union General William T. Sherman's famous ""war is cruelty"" (often misquoted as ""war is hell"") letter. Calhoun was born in South Carolina; his father was a cousin of Democrat John C. Calhoun, the infamous pro-slavery politician. After the death of his parents when he was 18, he moved to Decatur, Georgia to live with his older brother Ezkiel N. Calhoun who was a lawyer. He began studying law in 1831 and passed"
"New Jersey, and Florida. Ames corresponded extensively with the historian James Wilford Garner during this period; Garner's dissertation viewed Reconstruction as ""unwise,"" but absolved Ames of personal corruption. Ames's widow compiled a collection of her correspondence with Ames, ""Chronicles from the Nineteenth Century"", published posthumously in 1957. About 1900, Ames joined the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars. Ames died in 1933 at the age of 97, at his winter home in Ormond Beach, Florida. At the time of his death, Ames was the last surviving full-rank general who had served in the Civil War. (The last Union general officer, Aaron"
"Nelson A. Miles Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was an American military general who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and the Spanish–American War. From 1895 to 1903, he served as the last Commanding General of the United States Army before the office was abolished. Miles was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm. He worked in Boston, read military history, and mastered military principles and techniques, including battle drills. Miles was working as a crockery store clerk in Boston when the American Civil War began. He entered the Union"
"Corps of Engineers. General Barnard retired from the Army on January 2, 1881 and died in Detroit, Michigan on May 14, 1882. He is interred in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Barnard authored several scientific and engineering treatises and Civil War history papers. Among the more notable of these were: John G. Barnard John Gross Barnard (May 19, 1815 – May 14, 1882) was a career engineering officer in the U.S. Army, serving in the Mexican–American War, as the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy and as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served as Chief"
"duty on December 4, 1888 in Fort Hamilton, New York at 62 years of age. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, alongside his mother-in-law, Juliet Opie Hopkins. Romeyn B. Ayres Romeyn Beck Ayres (December 20, 1825 – December 4, 1888) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Ayres was born at East Creek, New York, along the Mohawk River in Montgomery County. He was the son of a small-town doctor, who trained him in Latin. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847, ranking 22nd in a class of 38, and was commissioned"
"Holland Smith Holland McTyeire ""Howlin' Mad"" Smith, KCB (April 20, 1882 – January 12, 1967) was a general in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He is sometimes called the ""father"" of modern U.S. amphibious warfare. His nickname, ""Howlin' Mad"" Smith, had been given to him by his troops in the Dominican Republic in 1916. On the eve of World War II, General Smith directed extensive Army, Navy, and Marine amphibious training, which was a major factor in successful U.S. landings in both the Atlantic and Pacific. He subsequently helped prepare U.S. Army and Canadian troops for"
"John Gray (American Revolutionary War) John Gray (January 6, 1764 – March 29, 1868) was the last verified veteran of the American Revolutionary War. He was confirmed a veteran of the war and awarded a pension of $500 semi-annually by House Bill 1044 (passed by Congress February 22, 1866). Journalist/attorney James M. Dalzell wrote a book published by Gibson Brothers, Printers in 1868 titled ""John Gray, of Mount Vernon: the Last Soldier of the Revolution"". As of the Fall of 1867 after the death of Samuel Downing in Edinburgh, Saratoga county, New York, John Gray was then believed by the"
"very small rooms. The foul air from this mass of human beings at first made me giddy and sick, but I soon got over it. We have to walk, and when we give the men any thing kneel, in blood and water; but we think nothing of it at all. The Civil War came to an end on April 26, 1865 when Confederate General Johnston surrendered his armies in the Carolinas Campaign to Union General Sherman. Several battles are mentioned or depicted in ""Gone with the Wind"". The Atlanta Campaign (May–September 1864) took place in northwest Georgia and the area"
"November 1944, Erskine's replacement, Major General Lloyd-Verney, was relieved, by Major General Lyne, after he """"was unable to cure the division's bad habits well enough to satisfy Montgomery and Dempsey."""" There is almost no doubt that the division was suffering from collective and cumulative battle fatigue. As Lloyd-Verney put it, with some prescience: """"There is no doubt that familiarity with war does not make one more courageous. One becomes cunning and from cunning to cowardice is but a short step."""" This was not an isolated incident; the 51st (Highland) Division and several of the other veteran formations Montgomery had brought"
"A. P. Hill Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr. (November 9, 1825April 2, 1865) was a Confederate general who was killed in the American Civil War. He is usually referred to as A.P. Hill, to differentiate him from another, unrelated Confederate general, Daniel Harvey Hill. A native Virginian, Hill was a career United States Army officer who had fought in the Mexican–American War and Seminole Wars prior to joining the Confederacy. After the start of the American Civil War, he gained early fame as the commander of the ""Light Division"" in the Seven Days Battles and became one of Stonewall Jackson's ablest"
"Wager Swayne Wager Swayne (November 10, 1834December 18, 1902) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War who eventually was appointed as the last major general of volunteers of the Union Army. Swayne received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Second Battle of Corinth. He also was effectively the military governor of Alabama from March 2, 1867 to July 14, 1868 after the passage of the first Reconstruction Act by the U.S. Congress until Alabama was readmitted to the Union. Robert M. Patton remained the nominal governor during this period but"
"Albion P. Howe Albion Parris Howe (March 13, 1818 – January 25, 1897) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Howe's contentious relationships with superior officers in the Army of the Potomac eventually led to his being deprived of division command. Howe was born in Standish, Maine. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1841. After serving in the 4th U.S. Artillery for two years, he taught mathematics at the U.S. Military Academy for three years. Howe served in the Mexican War and was awarded a brevet promotion in 1847 to the rank of captain"
"service on July 15, 1866. Howe retired from the Army on June 30, 1882, at the rank of colonel. He was a veteran companion of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is buried there in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Howe was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Mahaffey, a superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Elizabeth McPherson. They had six children. Albion P. Howe Albion Parris Howe (March 13, 1818 – January 25, 1897) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Howe's contentious"
"as Union injured, notably members of the 5th USCC, were murdered in their hospital beds by Confederate partisans.Chief among the partisans was Champ Ferguson who was arrested after the war had ended and tried for the murders. Ferguson was convicted in the subsequent trial which took place in Nashville and sentenced to death. His hanging made him one of only two men executed for war crimes which took place during the American Civil War (the other being Henry Wirz, the commander of Camp Sumter, a Confederate prisoner of war camp near Andersonville, Georgia). In December 1864, General George Stoneman ordered"
"personal relics and mementos is now owned by the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence. Elisha Hunt Rhodes Elisha Hunt Rhodes (March 21, 1842 – January 14, 1917) was an American soldier who served in the Union Army of the Potomac for the entire duration of the American Civil War, rising from corporal to colonel of his regiment by war's end. Rhodes' illustrative diary of his war service was quoted prominently in Ken Burns' PBS documentary ""The Civil War"". Rhodes was born in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, to Captain Elisha H. Rhodes and Eliza A. Chase. He had several sisters and"
"garrison of Chattanooga, Tennessee, where it was in charge of the heavy guns and forts because it was feared General John Hood might try and retake the city. The regiment, which saw no combat action, remained there until the close of the war. The 1st Minnesota ""Heavies"" were mustered out of service on September 27, 1865. Albert Woolson, who was a 14-year-old company drummer in the regiment, became the last surviving veteran of the American Civil War from either side. He died in 1956. The regiment lost 87 enlisted men to disease. Many more suffered from scurvy and would never"
"Croix de Guerre from Belgium, and the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus from Italy. Malvern Hill Barnum died at the age of seventy-eight on February 18, 1942. Malvern Hill Barnum Malvern Hill Barnum (September 3, 1863 – February 18, 1942) was an American army officer, Brigadier general, and Major general active during World War I. Barnum was born in Syracuse, New York. In 1886, he graduated number forty-two of seventy-seven from the United States Military Academy. After graduating, Barnum was commissioned in the Third Cavalry. In 1893, he became a distinguished graduate of the Infantry and Cavalry School and"
"the fear of overuse."" James R. Helmly James R. ""Ron"" Helmly is a retired Lieutenant General in the United States Army, and, until May 2006, was the commander of the United States Army Reserve. He was born in Savannah, Georgia. On December 20, 2004, Helmly authored a memo in which he described the policies for mobilizing the Reserve ""dysfunctional."" He reportedly believes that members of the Army Reserve are being treated too delicately, and states that the current state of affairs ""threatens to unhinge an already precariously balanced situation in which we are losing as many soldiers through no use"
"death in the snowstorm, many Union soldiers having thrown away their blankets and coats. Inexplicably, generals Floyd and Pillow were upbeat about the day's performance and wired General Johnston at Nashville that they had won a great victory. The General Simon Bolivar Buckner, however, argued that they were in a desperate position that was getting worse with the arrival of Union reinforcements. At their final council of war in the Dover Hotel at 1:30 a.m. on February 16, Buckner stated that if C.F. Smith attacked again, he could only hold for thirty minutes, and he estimated that the cost of"
"the war. He was mustered out of the volunteer service on August 24, 1865. Following the Civil War he moved to Arkansas where he practiced law and became the post office superintendent in Little Rock. He died on March 30, 1872 in Washington, DC. John Morrison Oliver John Morrison Oliver (September 6, 1828 - March 30, 1872) was a Union general during the American Civil War. He fought in many of the battles involving the Army of the Tennessee, occasionally commanding a brigade. He was born on September 6, 1828 in Penn Yan, New York. Oliver graduated from St. John's"
"was ""no man in the Confederate Army who had less of the spirit of knight-errantry in him, or took a more practical view of war than I did."" He died of complications after throat surgery in a Washington, D.C. hospital on May 30, 1916, noting at the end that it was Memorial Day. He is buried at the Warrenton Cemetery in Warrenton, Virginia. John S. Mosby John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), also known by his nickname, the ""Gray Ghost"", was a Confederate army cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War. His command, the 43rd"
"Elisha Hunt Rhodes Elisha Hunt Rhodes (March 21, 1842 – January 14, 1917) was an American soldier who served in the Union Army of the Potomac for the entire duration of the American Civil War, rising from corporal to colonel of his regiment by war's end. Rhodes' illustrative diary of his war service was quoted prominently in Ken Burns' PBS documentary ""The Civil War"". Rhodes was born in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, to Captain Elisha H. Rhodes and Eliza A. Chase. He had several sisters and two brothers. At age 14, Rhodes attended Potter and Hammond's Business Academy in Providence. His"
"New York. Darren Manzella Darren Manzella (August 8, 1977 – August 29, 2013) was a United States Army Sergeant, Army medic and gay activist from Portland, New York, who was discharged under the Don't ask, don't tell policy. Manzella served in Iraq and Kuwait, and was stationed in Fort Hood, Texas. Manzella grew up on his parents' grape farm in Portland, Chautauqua County, New York, where he attended Brocton Central School. Manzella came out to his commander after rumors of his sexuality surfaced in the form of threats to ""turn the flame down."" Manzella had at that point told his"
"passion' (""crime passionnel"" in French). Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Sickles became one of the war's most prominent political generals, recruiting the New York regiments that became known as the Excelsior Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. Despite his lack of military experience, he served as a brigade, division, and corps commander in some of the early Eastern campaigns. His military career ended at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, after he moved his III Corps (without orders) to an untenable position where it was virtually destroyed. He was wounded by cannon fire"
"while another brought an armful of cotton from an old gin near by and made him a pillow. The general gallantly thanked them, and in answer to our expressions of sorrow at his sad fate, he said, 'It is the fate of a soldier to die for his country,' and expired. — ""Confederate Veteran"", June 1897. Adams left a widow with four sons and two daughters. John Adams (Confederate Army officer) John Adams (July 1, 1825 – November 30, 1864) was an officer in the United States Army. With the onset of the American Civil War, he resigned his commission"
"George Van Horn Moseley George Van Horn Moseley (September 28, 1874 – November 7, 1960) was a United States Army general. Following his retirement in 1938, he became controversial for his fiercely anti-immigrant and antisemitic views. Moseley was born in Evanston, Illinois, on September 28, 1874. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1899 and was commissioned second lieutenant in the cavalry. He served in the Philippines twice, from 1900 to 1903 and 1906 to 1907, where his assignments included commanding a troop of the 1st Cavalry and serving as Aide-de-Camp to Generals J. M. Bell and J."
"Company of Massachusetts. He died at the age of 67, on December 15, 1913 and was buried at the Lindenwood Cemetery in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Gardner C. Hawkins Gardner C. Hawkins (February 11, 1846 - December 15, 1913) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Hawkins was born in Pomfret, Vermont on February 11, 1846 and entered service at Woodstock, Vermont. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism on April 2, 1865, while serving as a First Lieutenant with Company D, 3rd Vermont Infantry"
"people are tired of the war, feel themselves whipped, and will not fight. Our country is overrun, its military resources greatly diminished, while the enemy's military power and resources were never greater and may be increased to any extent desired. ... My small force is melting away like snow before the sun. During the Carolinas Campaign, Slocum's army was heavily engaged at the Battle of Averasborough, on March 15–16, 1865, and the Battle of Bentonville, on March 19, 1865, where Slocum successfully held off a surprise assault by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. After Slocum's defeat of the Confederate forces at"
"Henry Morris Naglee Henry Morris Naglee (January 15, 1815 – March 5, 1886) was a civil engineer, banker, vintner, and a Union General in the American Civil War. Naglee was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 15, 1815. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835 as 23rd in a class of 56 cadets. Posted in the 5th U.S. Infantry he resigned shortly after his graduation and worked as a civil engineer. Naglee came to California in 1846 during the Mexican–American War as captain of Company D of the 1st Regiment of New York Volunteers. Leading a detachment"