"America has no north, no south, no east, no west; the sun rises over the hills and sets over the mountains, the compa…"

"I always shot at privates. It was they that did the shooting and killing, and if I could kill or wound a private, why…"

"He would have a man shot at the drop of a hat, and drop it himself."

"A law was made... allowing every person who owned twenty negroes to go home. It gave us the blues; we wanted twenty n…"

"He was loved, respected, admired; yea, almost worshipped, by his troops. I do not believe there was a soldier in his …"

"Well, on the fatal morning... the sun rose clear and cloudless, the heavens seemed made of brass, and the earth of ir…"

"Farewell, old fellow! We privates loved you because you made us love ourselves."

"We were willing to go anywhere, or to follow anyone who would lead us. We were anxious to flee, fight, or fortify. I …"

"He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fie…"

"In the younger days of the Republic there lived in the county of —— two men, who were admitted on all hands to be the…"