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Old 02-18-2004, 05:07 AM
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"I know Mr. Davis thinks he can do a great many things other men would hesitate to attempt. For instance, he tried to do what God failed to do. He tried to make a soldier of Braxton Bragg..."

General Joseph E. Johnston
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Old 03-21-2004, 11:13 AM
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"I made up my mind that there had been no such army since the days of Julius Caesar." General Joe Johnston referring to Shermans Army
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"Our army was more disorganized by victory than that of the United States by defeat."

Johnston, after the first Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
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"Confident language by a military commander is not usually regarded as evidence of competency."

General Joseph E. Johnston in a letter to Richmond after learning he had been replaced by the more brash John Bell Hood.
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