Civil War Quotes

Abraham Lincoln used these words to confer upon Ulysses S. Grant the rank of lieutenant general--the army's highest rank

With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you

William T. Sherman issued this warning to an army quartermaster prior to the departure of Sherman's army from Chattanooga toward Atlanta

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir

Robert E. Lee spoke these words to his army's chaplains

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation

Ulysses S. Grant used these words to decline to attend a White House party in his honor, so that he may return to the front

Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business

An excited Union officer used these words to report the advance of Confederate forces at Shiloh

The rebels are out there thicker than fleas on a dog's back!!

Joseph Hooker spoke these pompous words shortly before he was soundly defeated by Robert E. Lee at Chancellorsville

The Rebel army is now the legitimate property of the Army of the Potomac

Stonewall Jackson spoke these words on May 10th, 1863, just before pneumonia took his life

No, no. Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees

Robert E. Lee gave this observation while watching thousands of Union soldiers sent to the slaughter at Fredericksburg

It is well that war is so terrible--we should grow too fond of it

Robert E. Lee spoke these words in delirium, shortly before he passed away on October 12, 1870

Strike the tent!

General William Nelson, commander of the Union Army of Kentucky, made this final request after being fatally shot by a fellow officer, General Jefferson C. Davis, during an argument in Louisville in 1862.

Send for a clergyman, I wish to be baptised. I have been basely murdered.

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