1. "It is well that war is so terrible, for we should grow too fond of it." William T. Sherman William Quantril Abraham Lincoln Robert E. Lee

2. In response to George Pickett's exclamation that "[Lee] had my division massacred at Gettysburg!" this man replied simply, "Well, it made you famous." James Kemper John Mosby James Longstreet Jefferson Davis

3. "I can make men follow me to hell" Winfield Scott Hancock Philip Kearny A.P. Hill Joseph Hooker

4. "The Rebel army is now the legimate property of the Army of the Potomac" Joseph Hooker Irvin McDowell George B. McClellan Ulysses Grant

5. "Our Southern brethren have done grievously, they have rebelled and have attacked their father's house and their loyal brothers. They must be punished and brought back, but this necessity breaks my heart." George Thomas George Crook Robert Anderson Abraham Lincoln

6. "I am short a cheek-bone and an ear, but am able to whip all hell yet." Cyrus Hamilton John M. Corse Henry Miller Quincy P. Rebaun

7. “I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of Lexington and Bunker Hill will be found equal in patriotism, courage and heroic endurance with the descendants of the heroes of Cowpens and York”. Edmin Ruffin Sam Houston Thomas Jackson PGT Beauregard

8. "When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped. The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall." William T. Sherman Winfield S. Hancock Ulysses S. Grant George G. Meade

9. "So the case stands, and under all the passion of the parties and the cries of battle lie the two chief moving causes of the struggle. Union means so many millions a year lost to the South; secession means the loss of the same millions to the North. The love of money is the root of this, as of many other evils. The quarrel between the North and South is, as it stands, solely a fiscal quarrel." Samuel Clemens Charles Dickens James Monroe James Buchanan

10. Without slavery, the rebellion could never have existed. Without slavery, it could not continue." Frederick Douglas Robert E. Lee Abraham Lincoln Horace Greeley