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General Grant is such a sweetheart (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

"[i]f I had made up my mind to burn Columbia I would have burnt it with no more feeling than I would a common prairie dog village; but I did not do it".

  • Sherman on a town he did NOT order to be burned (but was burned by accident anyway)