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under similar orders, to make war on society,
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Gave a simple order to his officers;
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And most of that army was cavalry.
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His order was put in the starkest of total war terms.
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He said, quote,
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"Leave them only their eyes with which to weep."
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This was now savage war.
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To win the war with fear was Sherman's goal,
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To win it with destruction and to win it with maneuvers.
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Freed slaves swarmed behind Sherman's army.
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He hated it, he didn't want them to be there,
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he didn't know what to do with them --