“In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.”

“But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.”

“If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.”

“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”

“I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.”

“My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us.”

“My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

“I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.”

“He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.”

“In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.”

“War is hell.”