Civil war Quote by Charles Phillips

“For no matter how many battles had been won or lost, no matter how many friends and soldiers killed, every battle felt like the…

— Magus Guidan

“After my first coaching experience, the field looked more like Gettysburg than a normal defeat. But it wasn’t that bad, as only about half…

— Jarod Kintz

“Of the tens of thousands of men who died in combat in the war, possibly as many as half lost their lives in vain.…

— Stephen E. Ambrose

“No matter what side you were on, if you had survived Gettysburg you were to be congratulated.”

— Paulette Jiles

“I remember a story I read once, a soldier, was it at Shiloh? He was talking to me but not with his whole attention.…

— Donna Tartt

“These men, knowing full well that they were eyewitnesses to monumental events, read meaning and purpose into every detail of the surrender conference, and…

— Elizabeth R. Varon

“The hour proceeded apace: Fights were recounted, battles won amid wars sure to be lost;”

— John Green

“We find ourselves constantly in battle in the vast human theaters of conflict.”

— Bryant McGill

“The generals fought among themselves. Such times always bred masterless men, and everyone within the Horde’s reach suffered.”

— Katherine Arden

“Gettysburg was the last time Lee’s army would have the chance to be on the offensive during a campaign, as Grant’s Overland Campaign ground…

— Charles River Editors

“In the trenches between the burial mounds hundreds of dead soldiers sat side by side with their heads against the torn earth, as if…

— J G Ballard

“To the everlasting glory of the Infantry—”

— Robert A. Heinlein