Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace.".

Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!.

You are very fortunate to be assigned to duty at Fortress Monroe on Chesapeake Bay; it is just the season for soft shelled crabs, and hog fish have j….

Every man as well as every day has its lights and shades..

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all..

I placed the Marines where the hardest work was to be accomplished, and I never once found my confidence in them misplaced..

I give it as my fixed opinion, that but for our graduated cadets, the war between the United States and Mexico might, and probably would have lasted ….

Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement..

The enemy say that Americans are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you instantly to give a lie to this slander. Charge!.