Writing to his wife in 1862, Sherman informed her that "the war will soon assume a turn to extermination not of soldiers alone, that is the least part of the trouble, but the people . . . . There is a class of people, men women, and children, who must be killed or banished . . ."
Maybe when you start choosing to use the full quote instead of the half-ass liberal media version we can discuss this further.
The full quote is such:
There is a class of people, men women, and children, who must be killed or banished . . ."before you can hope for peace and order."