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He simply followed the plan of war that was pursued by Grant, Sherman, and other commanders in the Civil War; that is, made it just as effective and short as possible.
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gutenberg.orgGrenville Dodge: “He simply followed the plan of war that was pursued by Grant, Sherman, and other commanders in the Civil War; that is…”
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Dodge draws parallels between General Smith's tactics in the Philippines and those used by Civil War generals to achieve swift victories.
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The right side is beginning to get a hearing, and when the facts and causes for the action of the Army are generally known, it will be found that our Army is as humane and well-behaved a body of troops as ever went into a foreign country…
We were always careful that no cruelties were committed by enlisted men, but whatever was done was by the order of an officer.
It is upheld and maintained today, as it always has been, by the patriotism of our people as represented by our Army in the Civil War, in Cuba, the Philippines, and China.
They evidently have no desire to learn about these things, but want some excuse for attacking our Army, hoping thereby to bring dishonor upon our country before the world.
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