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1. "It is well that war is so terrible, for we should grow too fond of it."
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."
3. "I can make men follow me to hell"
4. "The Rebel army is now the legimate property of the Army of the Potomac"
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."
6. "I am short a cheek-bone and an ear, but am able to whip all hell yet."
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".
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."
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."
10. Without slavery, the rebellion could never have existed. Without slavery, it could not continue."
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