[DOC] [TLE] William Tecumseh Sherman to Atlanta : "War is Hell" [PAR] General William Tecumseh Sherman famous letter to the Mayor and ... War is 
cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our ... and in 
September 1864 he gave orders for the city of Atlanta to be evacuated and 
burned. [DOC] [TLE] Letter of William T. Sherman to James M. Calhoun, E.E. Rawson ... [PAR] Sherman occupied Atlanta over a week prior, at the start of September of 1864. ... 
of the Mississippi, in the Field, Atlanta, Georgia, September 12, 1864. James M. 
Calhoun, Mayor, E.E. Rawson, S.C. Wells, representing City Council of Atlanta. ... 
War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our... [DOC] [TLE] On This Date in 1864: 'War is Cruelty, and You Cannot Refine it ... [PAR] Sep 12, 2014 ... General William T. Sherman: 'You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.' 
... On September 2, 1864, the city of Atlanta surrendered to the Union. Mayor 
James Calhoun wrote to Sherman, asking his army to protect the civilians still ... 
Broadcast version of story that aired Friday, September 12, 2014. [DOC] [TLE] William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikipedia [PAR] William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator 
and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil 
War ... In 1864, Sherman succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the 
Western ..... After ordering almost all civilians to leave the city in September, 
Sherman... [DOC] [TLE] General William Tecumseh Sherman - Forgotten Delights [PAR] Mid-September 1864: Sherman evacuates Atlanta ... documents - particularly the 
one written to the Mayor of Atlanta, dated September 12th. ... William Tecumseh 
Sherman, September 12, 1864 ... Mayor of Atlanta to Sherman, 9/11/1864 ..... War 
is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country... [DOC] [TLE] William T. Sherman eText - Primary Source - eNotes.com [PAR] Union general William Tecumseh Sherman (18201891) led an army of over one 
... The Union Army captured Atlanta on September 2, 1864, after four months of 
nearly ... The first one is a letter addressed to Sherman from Atlanta mayor James 
M. .... War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our
... [DOC] [TLE] Was General Sherman's Use of Total Warfare Justified - UMBC [PAR] In September 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman and his ... 
Document A  General Sherman to the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta; ... 
elaborate written explanations of each symbol used. ... Military Division of the 
Mississippi in the Field, September 12, 1864 ... War is cruelty, and you cannot 
refine it; and. [DOC] [TLE] William Tecumseh Sherman - American Civil War - HISTORY.com [PAR] Having written to Mayor Calhoun of Atlanta in 1874 that war is cruelty, and you 
cannot refine it, he sharpened this definition in a commencement address at the
... [DOC] [TLE] Atlanta is evacuated - Sep 07, 1864 - HISTORY.com [PAR] The mayor of Atlanta, James Calhoun, protested, but Sherman curtly replied, 
War is cruelty and you cannot refine it. The general provided transportation 
south... [DOC] [TLE] In Their Own Words: Gen. Sherman's letter to Atlanta mayor and ... [PAR] Oct 7, 2014 ... William T. Sherman's letter to the mayor and council members of Atlanta, written 
on Sept. 12, 1864, ordering the city's evacuation: ... War is cruelty, and you 
cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the 
curses and maledictions a ... W.T. Sherman, Major-General commanding... [DOC] [TLE] Quotations from Gen. W.T. Sherman - Cyber USSR [PAR] William T. Sherman, Personal Memoirs of Gen'l W. T. Sherman (written by ... [On 
7 Sep 1864, Maj Gen Sherman, commander of Union forces occupying Atlanta 
GA, sent ... To James M. Calhoun, Mayor of Atlanta, and E.E. Rawson and S.C.

Question: On September 12, 1864, this general wrote the Mayor of Atlanta, "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it"
Answer: (William Tecumseh) Sherman