What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.

I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest I should bring upon them misfortune.

General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.

Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.