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> [Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field. Officers and men became controlled by the one thought of getting as far as possible from the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/without-any-formal-orders-to-retreat-what-was-left-of-the-several/)

[Henry Villard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-villard/)

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## More by Henry Villard

> [Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/senator-douglas-was-very-small-not-over-four-and-a-half-feet-height/)

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> [The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/the-curious-defiled-past-him-after-squeezing-the-presidential-fingers/)

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> [General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/general-sherman-looked-upon-journalists-as-a-nuisance-and-a-danger-at/)

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> [I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/i-had-not-got-over-the-prejudice-against-lincoln-with-which-my/)

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> [He appeared every night, like myself, at about nine o'clock, in the office of Mr. Tyler, to learn the news brought in the night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/he-appeared-every-night-like-myself-at-about-nine-o-clock-in-the/)

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> [No one felt it more than the President. I saw him repeatedly, and he fairly groaned at the inexplicable delay in the advent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/no-one-felt-it-more-than-the-president-i-saw-him-repeatedly-and-he/)

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> [Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike the Federal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/towards-four-o-clock-the-rebels-felt-strong-enough-to-take-the/)

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> [There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/there-was-nothing-in-all-douglas-s-powerful-effort-that-appealed-to/)

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> [Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field. Officers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/without-any-formal-orders-to-retreat-what-was-left-of-the-several/)

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> [He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/he-surprised-me-by-his-familiarity-with-details-of-movements-and/)

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> [I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot, Abraham Lincoln received a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-villard/i-therefore-shared-fully-the-intense-chagrin-of-the-new-york-and/)

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