 | Jennifer L. Weber - History - 2006 - 304 pages
...was concerned. They blamed South Carolina for starting the war and were eager to avenge Fort Sumter. "The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire...that she deserves all that seems in store for her," Sherman wrote while his men were still in Savannah. When they arrived in South Carolina, Yankee soldiers... | |
 | Wilmer L. Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 392 pages
...moved into South Carolina. The mood of the men as they entered the state was described by one soldier: "The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire...that she deserves all that seems in store for her." The soldier's estimate was correct; the result was what Sherman would call "minor depredations." A... | |
 | Robert F. Hawes - Political Science - 2006 - 357 pages
...whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak vengeance upon South Carolina," Sherman wrote. "I almost tremble at her fate, but feel that she deserves all that seems in store for her. 14 As for Sherman, while his deeds earned him timeless hatred in the South, they brought him acclaim... | |
 | Mark Hoffman - History - 2007 - 504 pages
...insatiable desire to wreak vengeance upon South Carolina. I almost I o DC c I u D. ffl i _u 1 e r-: < tremble at her fate, but feel that she deserves all that seems in store for her." After making the march, James Greenalch of Company B wrote his wife, "I thought we used the country... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 2007 - 272 pages
...army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak vengeance on South Carolina. I almost tremble for her fate, but feel that she deserves all that seems in store for her." Union soldiers put hundreds of houses to the torch in South Carolina. They gleefully renamed the village... | |
 | John Spencer Bassett - United States - 1921 - 1000 pages
...privates, and there was slight effort to restrain them. "The whole army," wrote Sherman to Halleck, "is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak vengeance...that she deserves all that seems in store for her." He gave orders against plundering private dwellings, but they were not well enforced. Reaching Columbia,... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - Confederate States of America - 1885 - 600 pages
...remarked that THEY GENERALLY DO THEIR WORK PRETTY WELL. The truth is, the whale army is burningwith insatiable desire to WREAK VENGEANCE upon South Carolina....that she deserves all that seems in store for her." This is susceptible of but one meaning : That General Halleck had hinted that Charleston should be... | |
 | Jerry Rutland - Bryan County (Ga.) - 1999 - 626 pages
...army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak vengeance upon South Carolina", Sherman continued. "I almost tremble at her fate, but feel that she deserves all that seems in store for her." With this, the March To The Sea had ended and the fiery vengeance on South Carolina and North Carolina... | |
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The truth is the whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak vengeance upon South Carolina. I almost tremble at her fate, but feel that she deserves all that seems in store for her. 
