2006-10-07 02:26:39 · 16 answers · asked by djpettyes 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Most authors have first attributed Sherman's statement, "War is Hell" to his presentation at the Ohio State Fair in 1880. The following account was published in the History of Oakland County regarding Sherman's address to the cadets of the M.M.A.
Eyewitness, Dr. Charles O. Brown, said that , 'the reason the reporters missed the famous statement, and later denied that it had been made, was that the reporters rushed away as soon as Sherman started reading his long, technical speech. But before he sat down, the General suddenly said, ‘Cadets of the graduating class’ – the students arose and saluted – and then changed it to ‘Boys,’ making this statement: ‘I’ve been where you are now and I know just how you feel. It’s entirely natural that there should beat in the breast of every one of you a hope and desire that some day you can use the skill you have acquired here.
‘Suppress it! You don’t know the horrible aspects of war. I’ve been through two wars and I know. I’ve seen cities and homes in ashes. I’ve seen thousands of men lying on the ground, their dead faces looking up at the skies. I tell you, war is hell!’ The reporters had missed the biggest story of the day. Brown, seated alongside Sherman, wrote down the speech verbatim." The Enquirer and News (Battle Creek) 18 November, 1933.
God bless you and the Southern People.
2006-10-07 02:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Attributed to General William T. Sherman, American Civil War General
2006-10-07 03:17:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
General William Tecumseh Sherman
2006-10-07 02:38:46 · answer #3 · answered by Jamestown1776 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was the civil war general William Tecumseh Sherman
"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory,
but boys, it is all hell."
or
"Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory,
but let me tell you, boys, it is all hell!"
-General William T. Sherman,
speech 1880 from which we derive the phrase "War is hell"
2006-10-07 02:41:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
General William Tecumseh Sherman
to the Mayor and Councilmen of Atlanta
2006-10-07 02:39:54 · answer #5 · answered by Julie W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ernie Pyle World War Two.
2006-10-07 02:37:20 · answer #6 · answered by Bawney 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
General George Patton.
2006-10-07 02:31:43 · answer #7 · answered by Spirit Walker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old Blood and Guts, aka General Patton.
2006-10-07 02:34:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it was either Colonel G.A.Custer, when he gave the order to "Surround all them injuns!"..Or John Wayne after slaughtering 35,000 more injuns! But i think he added the words "Mr.Podner!" after it!..
2006-10-07 03:56:12 · answer #9 · answered by paranthropus2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MacArthur! - I threw that one out there because Satan and Patton were already answers taken.
2006-10-07 02:35:47 · answer #10 · answered by Wise ol' owl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋