Before my troops reached the little city, and before the people of Fredericksburg knew that any part of the Confederate army was near, there was great excitement over the demand for surrender. — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail. — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
A little before noon I sent orders to all my batteries to open fire through the streets or at any points where the troops… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
General, unless he offers us honorable terms, come back and let us fight it out! — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
The next time we met was at Appomattox, and the first thing that General Grant said to me when we stepped inside, placing his… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
Time sets all things right. Error lives but a day. Truth is eternal. — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
General, if you put every Union soldier now on the other side of the Potomac on that field to approach me over the same… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
