Famous Civil War Quotes

By Cliff Krainik · Originally published January-February 2025 · pp. 2

Famous Civil War Quotes Who said it? 1 strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory,

“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have

stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”

“My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to always be ready, no matter when it may overtake me.”

3 be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.”

“If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would

4 would sit down in the mud and yell for three.”

“If he had a million men he would swear the enemy has two millions, and then he

“Stand by General Burnside as you have stood by me and all will be well.”

“A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.”

“My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on Bobby Lee; for I shall have none.”

“I was always a friend of southern rights, but an enemy of southern wrongs.”

“Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.”

“There was a nuisance in the service known as the army correspondent.”

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