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`` He is no more crazy than I am , '' said Stephen , warmly -- `` Is he not ? '' answered Tiefel , `` then I will show you a mistake . You recall last November he was out to Sedalia to inspect the camp there , and he sleeps in a little country store where I am quartered . Now up gets your General Sherman in the middle of the night , -- midnight , -- and marches up and down between the counters , and waves his arms . So , says he , ` land so , ' says he , ` Sterling Price will be here , and Steele here , and this column will take that road , and so-and-so 's a damned fool . Is not that crazy ? So he walks up and down for three eternal hours .