Do your duty and leave the rest to Providence.

He is cautious. He ought to be. But he is NOT slow. Lee is a phenomenon. He is the only man whom I would follow blindfolded.

My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed.

We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.

Press on, press on, men.

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.

This army stays here until the last wounded man is removed. Before I leave them to the enemy, I will lose many more men.