American Quote by Marquis de Lafayette

“The Continental army got more generals than they got private soldiers, these days. An officer lives through more 'n two battles, they make him…

— Diana Gabaldon

“His military triumphs had been neither frequent nor epic in scale. He had lost more battles than he had won, had botched several through…

— Ron Chernow

They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a British fort…

— Tom Clancy

“Five years later, 750,000 Americans were dead. But the fact that such carnage had been wreaked for a cause that Ulysses S. Grant called…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“raiders, the United States wanted Great Britain to foot the bill for the entire war cost after Gettysburg, some $2 billion, the logic being…

— Ron Chernow

In Tunisia the Americans had to pay a stiff price for their experience, but it brought rich dividends. Even at that time, the American…

— Erwin Rommel

Those officers and men who were immediately under my observation, evinced the greatest gallantry, and I have no doubt that all others conducted themselves…

— Oliver Hazard Perry

“in August 1777 that "no public or private injury or insult shall prevail on me to forsake the cause of my injured and oppressed…

— Willard Sterne Randall

“Never in the history of American warfare has this nation witnessed such an exhibition of cowardice, indecisiveness, incompetence, and laziness in the army’s senior…

— Dennis Byrne

“General Pershing now had what he wanted: proof that the AEF was the equal of its allies and the enemy. British generals, however, were…

— Joseph E. Persico

When they the American soldiers came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion… Joining hands with them, the men of America…

— Woodrow Wilson

“The Union men at Front Royal were the 1st Maryland. Jackson also had a regiment of 1st Maryland (Confederate). Maryland was a border state,…

— Charles River Editors