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He has lost his left arm, but I my right. — Robert E. Lee
Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this… — Robert E. Lee
I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses. — Abraham Lincoln
Slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations. — Stephen A. Douglas
My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery. — Abraham Lincoln
In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. — Abraham Lincoln
I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not falter. I know… — Sullivan Ballou
That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ans sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within… — Abraham Lincoln
Men of Color, To Arms! The case is before you. This is our golden opportunity. Let us accept it, and forever wipe out the dark… — Frederick Douglass
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us… — Abraham Lincoln
We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to… — Robert E. Lee
There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back. — Robert E. Lee
Teach him to deny himself. — Robert E. Lee
I don't care a damn for their guns, or you either, sir! What I want is the Southside Railroad! — Philip Sheridan
Tonight we water our horses in the Tennessee River. — Albert Sidney Johnston
You are green, it is true; but they are green also. You are all green alike. — Abraham Lincoln
My God! My God! What will the country say? — Abraham Lincoln
The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters aught to be. — Abraham Lincoln
Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there. — Abraham Lincoln
confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head. — Abraham Lincoln
I had a right to my own political opinions. I am a Southern woman, born with Revolutionary blood in my veins. Freedom of speech and… — Rose O'Neal Greenhow
Keep steady in the view of the great principles for which you contend. The safety of your homes and the lives of all you hold… — Robert E. Lee
I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest I should bring… — Robert E. Lee
The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak violence upon South Carolina. I almost tremble for her fate. — William Tecumseh Sherman
It's bad. It's damned bad. — Abraham Lincoln

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