And who would refuse to protect the scattered settlements on our frontiers--the humble cottage and its peaceful inhabitants?--Who would refuse to guard our fields from desolation, our villages from destruction, or our towns from ruin? --None, in whom there is a spark of patriot valor.
Sherman appeals to the soldiers' sense of duty to protect their communities from destruction.
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