[Non-Sequitur]

"I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers. " -- William T. Sherman

He certainly did not like journalists.

[central_va]

He certainly did not like journalists.

I guess he didn't like a lot of things, like controlling his men under command to not violate every convention the US Army had concerning treatment of civilians. If alive today, Sherman would have been court martialed for trying in Iraq the same things he did in 1864 Georgia.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.

Yes indeed, I think he felt rather unkindly toward them.