"And if it all has no meaning, if there really is Nobody Above who really gives a damn, if there are really no rules, …"

"They are volunteers: last of the great volunteer armies, for the draft is beginning that summer in the North. They ha…"

"General Meade has his son as adjutant." "That's different. Generals can do anything. Nothing quite so much like God o…"

"But he was fighting for the dignity of man and in that way he was fighting for himself. If men were equal in America,…"

"Some of us volunteered to fight for Union. Some came mainly because we were bored at home and this looked like it mig…"

"Here we judge you by what you do, not by who your father was. Here you can be something. Here's a place to build a ho…"

"The man was looking his way, with glasses. Buford waved. You never knew what old friend was out there. The Reb office…"

"It is unbecoming to a soldier, all this book-learning."

""A Holy War," Longstreet said. He shook his head. He did not think much of the Cause. He was a professional: the Caus…"

"It's no good trying to get yourself killed, General. The Lord will come for you in His own time."