With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my ha….

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, ….

I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender..

I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity..

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others..

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them ….

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony..

The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and se….

No blame can be attached to the army for its failure to accomplish what was projected by me... I alone am to blame, in perhaps expecting too much of ….

I consider the proper education of our youths one of the most important objects now to be attained and one from which the greatest benefits may be ex….

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pu….

All this has been my fault..

We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy them..

Any victory would be dear at such a price..

The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education..

Many opportunities have been lost and hundreds of valuable lives uselessly sacrificed for want of a strict observance of discipline. Its object is to….

There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action..

There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths..

The education of a man is never completed until he dies..

You must be careful how you walk and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set..

Teach him to deny himself..