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Old 02-12-2004, 12:46 AM
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"Murder, pure and simple murder." An unnamed Union Private looking at the after effect of the repulse of a Georgia militia Brigade by his regiment armed with new Spencer Rifles.
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"There seems to be no God here, but more than the average amount of the devil." Sgt Cyrus Boyd
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"In this army one hole in the seat of the breeches indicates a Captain, two holes a Lieutenant and the seat of the pants all out indicates the individual is a private." Texan outside of Atlanta 1864.
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"If they let the soldiers settle this thing it would not be long before we would be on terms of peace." Wisconsin soldier
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"It's all a ****ed mess! And our two armies ain't nothing but howling mobs!"

-- A captured Confederate private gave this description of the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864.

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"We talked the matter over and could have settled the war in thirty minutes had it been left to us."

-- A common Rebel soldier made this statement after fraternizing with a Union soldier between the lines
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Cushing ran the last of his guns to the battle line. The rest had been smashed to scrap by Lee's artillery fire. He held his guts in his hands as the charge came to the wall. His gun spoke out one time for him before he fell to the ground.

Stephen Vincent Be'net's account of the last shot fired from Cushing's battery at Gettysburg.
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"We'll fight them, sir, 'til hell freezes over, and then, sir, we will fight them on the ice."

A Confederate soldier at Gettysburg
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"General Wheeler... has demonstrated to every man in the Confederacy, except the President and General Bragg, that he is not capable of commanding 10,000 cavalrymen." Georgia Governor Joe Brown
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"We have been driven like a wild herd from our country, not so much from a want of spirit in the people or the soldier, as from want of energy and competence in our commanders. Hampton and Butler are the only ones who have done anything." General James Chestnut
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