"If I owned Texas and Hell..." (1866)

[Sam Clements]

Indeed, there is an 1866 cite in N'Archive saying Sheridan said "If I owned
hell and Texas, I would rent Texas and live at the other place."

Sam Clements

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"If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell” is a famous
statement of U.S. General Philip Henry Sheridan in 1866.

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