My arm is paralyzed; my voice that once could be heard all along the line, is gone; I can scarcely speak above a whisper; my hearing is very much impaired, and sometimes I feel as if I wished the end would come; but I have some misrepresentations of my battles that I wish to correct, so as to have my record correct before I die.
I do not want to make this charge. I do not see how it can succeed. I would not make it now but that General Lee has ordered it and expects it. - James Longstreet
I do not want to make this charge. I do not see how it can succeed. I would not make it now but that General Lee has ordered it and expects it.
- James Longstreet
There was no indication of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made and failed from the blows that could not be… - James Longstreet
There was no indication of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made and failed from the blows that could not be…
General, if you put every Union soldier now on the other side of the Potomac on that field to approach me over the same line, I will kill them all be… - James Longstreet
General, if you put every Union soldier now on the other side of the Potomac on that field to approach me over the same line, I will kill them all be…
If the entire Union Army comes across here, I will kill them all! - James Longstreet
If the entire Union Army comes across here, I will kill them all!
I have been a soldier all my life. I have commanded companies, I have commanded regiments. I have commanded divisions. And I have commanded even more… - James Longstreet
I have been a soldier all my life. I have commanded companies, I have commanded regiments. I have commanded divisions. And I have commanded even more…
The passions of the titanic struggle will finally enter upon the sleep of oblivion, and only its splendid accomplishments for the cause of human free… - James Longstreet
The passions of the titanic struggle will finally enter upon the sleep of oblivion, and only its splendid accomplishments for the cause of human free…
I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die hap… - James Longstreet
I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die hap…
My arm is paralyzed; my voice that once could be heard all along the line, is gone; I can scarcely speak above a whisper; my hearing is very much imp… - James Longstreet
My arm is paralyzed; my voice that once could be heard all along the line, is gone; I can scarcely speak above a whisper; my hearing is very much imp…
I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee. - James Longstreet
I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee.
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