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General George Armstrong Custer
General William Sherman is a minor character in the book, but he appears in more chapters than any other. A famous, and infamous, Civil War general, Sherman organized the “March to the Sea,” which destroyed huge amounts of Southern agriculture in the mid-1860s. Later in his military career, he participated in the colonization of the western United States, an endeavor which required him to approve the relocation and, in some cases, the murder of thousands of Native Americans. In spite of his bloodthirsty reputation, Sherman is portrayed as a deeply conflicted man—someone who’s willing to spill blood for his country, but who “had suffered and knew the pain of it in others.” (Notably, Sherman’s middle name was Tecumseh, after the Pawnee chief.)
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Chapter 6
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Incidents such as this, combined with Red Cloud’s continuing war, which had brought civilian travel to an end through the Powder River country, had a strong effect upon the United States government and its high military command. The government was determined to protect the route of the Union pacific Railroad, but even old war dogs such as General Sherman were beginning to wonder if it might not be advisable to leave the Powder River country to the Indians in exchange for peace along the Platte Valley.
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General William Sherman Quotes in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee quotes below are all either spoken by General William Sherman or refer to General William Sherman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6
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Incidents such as this, combined with Red Cloud’s continuing war, which had brought civilian travel to an end through the Powder River country, had a strong effect upon the United States government and its high military command. The government was determined to protect the route of the Union pacific Railroad, but even old war dogs such as General Sherman were beginning to wonder if it might not be advisable to leave the Powder River country to the Indians in exchange for peace along the Platte Valley.
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