I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.

I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come-if alive.

The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.

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

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

You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end.

To secure the safety of the navigation of the Mississippi River I would slay millions. On that point I am not only insane, but mad... I think I see one or two quick blows that will astonish the natives of the South and will convince them that, though to stand behind a big cottonwood and shoot at a passing boat is good sport and safe, it may still reach and kill their friends and families hundreds of miles off. For every bullet shot at a steamboat, I would shoot a thousand 30-pounder Parrots into even helpless towns on Red, Ouachita, Yazoo, or wherever a boat can float or soldier march.