My duty is to obey orders.

Arms is a profession that, if its principles are adhered to for success, requires an officer do what he fears may be wrong, and yet, according to military experience, must be done, if success is to be attained.

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.

Duty is ours; the consequences are the Lord God's

Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!

Shoot the brave officers, and the cowards will run away and take the men with them.

Let us go over, and sit in the shade of the trees.