Best Civil War Proverbs
679 Civil War quotes by 327 unique authors
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I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.
— Abraham Lincoln
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By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land.
— George B. McClellan
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That old man...had my division massacred at Gettysburg!
— George Pickett
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I can make men follow me to hell.
— Philip Kearny
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There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the…
— Abraham Lincoln
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I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of.
— Abraham Lincoln
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With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you.
— Abraham Lincoln
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Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.
— Ulysses S. Grant
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Pray excuse me. I cannot take it.
— Jefferson Davis
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Send for a clergyman, I wish to be baptised. I have been basely murdered.
— Unknown Author
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It will be all right if it turns out all right.
— Ulysses S. Grant
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General, get up dress quick you are a prisoner!
— John S. Mosby
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The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.
— Abraham Lincoln
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In the name of God and humanity I protest!
— John Bell Hood
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Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also.
— Ulysses S. Grant
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General, if you put every Union soldier now on the other side of the Potomac on that field to approach me over the same line,…
— James Longstreet
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I do not want to make this charge. I do not see how it can succeed. I would not make it now but that General…
— James Longstreet
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All this has been my fault.
— Robert E. Lee
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Success and glory are in the advance, disaster and shame lurk in the rear.
— John Pope
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General, unless he offers us honorable terms, come back and let us fight it out!
— James Longstreet
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Stand by General Burnside as you have stood by me and all will be well.
— George B. McClellan
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I am short a cheek-bone and an ear, but am able to whip all hell yet.
— Unknown Author
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It is a good face. I am glad this war is over at last.
— Abraham Lincoln
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I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.
— Robert E. Lee
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My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.
— Abraham Lincoln
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