Sherman: North’s and South’s mutual guilt in the institution of slavery
William T. Sherman, speaking at an annual meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, concluded that the war’s penalties should be shared by both North and South, because of their mutual involvement in the institution of slavery. “And I, born of Connecticut parents, bearing in affectionate remembrance the virtues of my honored ancestors, and yielding to no man in admiration of the intelligence, refinement, industry, and thrift […]