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"Our guards are gathered up by Forrest as easily as he would herd cattle"
Gen. Don Carlos Buell 1862
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"When you meet the enemy, no matter how many of him and how few of you, SHOW FIGHT!" ---- General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

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"I'm not going to guard a **** creek while our friends and brothers are dying"

A paraphrasing of his words at Greer's Ford on Lick Creek at Shiloh.

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