War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.

...[We] must stop these swarms of Jews who are trading, bartering and robbing.

War is at best barbarism.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak violence upon South Carolina. I almost tremble for her fate.