American army Quote by Willard Sterne Randall

“even in the Loyalist press inside British-occupied New York City by February 1779. The Royal Gazette, praising Benedict Arnold for being "more distinguished for…

— Willard Sterne Randall

“He had decided, almost hysterically it seems from the tone of this desperate letter to Washington, to turn his back on the people who…

— Willard Sterne Randall

“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

Died of wounds inflicted in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. Let us cross over…

— Stonewall Jackson

“The fiercely independent Arnold did not need the encouragement of Loyalists: he may have thought of changing sides as early as the seniority controversy…

— Willard Sterne Randall

“He had believed the life of an officer was easy, full of undeserved privilege and comfort. He had not seen the responsibility that the…

— Paul Fraser Collard

“Distinctively gentle he was, and trustworthy, and of special courtesy. His great physical strength was never used in combat, men remembered, except when needed…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

“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

“After the battle ended and the Union army was in rapid retreat, Beauregard stated sardonically that had Richmond dispatched adequate supplies to the Confederate…

— Charles River Editors

While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was…

— Eric Holder

Since There are so many questions about what the president was doing over 30 years ago, what is it that he did after his…

— Jeff Gannon

“The human consequences of Reagan's budget cuts went deep. For instance, Social Security disability benefits were terminated for 350,000 people. A war hero of…

— Howard Zinn