I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.

The North can make a steam engine, locomotive or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or a pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical and determined people on earth - right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with.

I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a view to perfect an early success.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

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.