I find I like it too much.

We are all but instruments of God.

I am more anxious than I can express that my men should be not only good soldiers of their country, but also good soldiers of the cross.

Madam, if your son were to come home and try to shirk duty, you ought to shut your door in his face and treat him as a renegade unworthy of your name or regard.

There are but few commanders who properly appreciate the value of celerity.

Died of wounds inflicted in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees.

I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow.