Best Civil War Qoutes

679 Civil War quotes by 327 unique authors

If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down; they'd have to sleep standing up. — Abraham Lincoln
His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death. — Abraham Lincoln
The President is no more than a well-meaning baboon. I went to the White House directly after tea, where I found "The Original Gorilla", about… — George B. McClellan
Now he belongs to the ages. — Edwin M. Stanton
War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible. — Abraham Lincoln
As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes. — Abraham Lincoln
If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it. — Abraham Lincoln
No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally nothing. I therefore… — Abraham Lincoln
I don't s'pose anybody on earth likes gingerbread better'n I do-and gets less'n I do. — Abraham Lincoln
They will attach you in the morning and they will come booming - skirmishers three deep. You will have to fight like the devil until… — John Buford
The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us. — Robert E. Lee
We ran like a herd of wild cattle. — William C. Oates
I have been a soldier all my life. I have commanded companies, I have commanded regiments. I have commanded divisions. And I have commanded even… — James Longstreet
Well, it is all over now. The battle is lost, and many of us are prisoners, many are dead, many wounded, bleeding and dying. Your… — George Pickett
There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party. — Ulysses S. Grant
Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them. — Ulysses S. Grant
...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever… — Ulysses S. Grant
I never knew what to do with a paper except to put it in a side pocket or pass it to a clerk who understood… — Ulysses S. Grant
It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped. — William Tecumseh Sherman
Many and many a person in Georgia asked me why we did not go to South Carolina; and, when I answered that we were en… — William Tecumseh Sherman
War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace. — William Tecumseh Sherman
Oh, it is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization. — William Tecumseh Sherman
You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will… — William Tecumseh Sherman
The North can make a steam engine, locomotive or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or a pair of shoes can you make. You… — William Tecumseh Sherman
You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! — William Tecumseh Sherman

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