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James Longstreet Quotes

If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there Picture Quote #1

My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear Picture Quote #1

I do not want to make this charge. I do not see how it can succeed. I would not make it now but that General Lee has ordered it and expects it Picture Quote #1

In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back Picture Quote #1

My arm is paralyzed; my voice that once could be heard all along the line, is gone; I can scarcely speak above a whisper; my hearing is very much impaired, and sometimes I feel as if I wished the end would come; but I have some misrepresentations of my battles that I wish to correct, so as to have my record correct before I die Picture Quote #1

Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse Picture Quote #1

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Why do men fight who were born to be brothers? Picture Quote #1

If we only save the finger of one man, that’s enough Picture Quote #1

This is a hard fight and we had better all die than lose it Picture Quote #1

Time sets all things right. Error lives but a day. Truth is eternal Picture Quote #1

I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best Picture Quote #1

There was no indication of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made and failed from the blows that could not be fended Picture Quote #1

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I have been a soldier all my life. I have commanded companies, I have commanded regiments. I have commanded divisions. And I have commanded even more. But there are no fifteen thousand men I the world that can go across that ground Picture Quote #1

As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines Picture Quote #1

That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war Picture Quote #1

The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail Picture Quote #1

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If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there (James Longstreet Quotes) My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear (James Longstreet Quotes) I do not want to make this charge. I do not see how it can succeed. I would not make it now but that General Lee has ordered it and expects it (James Longstreet Quotes) In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back. (James Longstreet Quotes) My arm is paralyzed; my voice that once could be heard all along the line, is gone; I can scarcely speak above a whisper; my hearing is very much impaired, and sometimes I feel as if I wished the end would come; but I have some misrepresentations of my battles that I wish to correct, so as to have my record correct before I die. (James Longstreet Quotes) Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse. (James Longstreet Quotes) Why do men fight who were born to be brothers? (James Longstreet Quotes) If we only save the finger of one man, that’s enough (James Longstreet Quotes) This is a hard fight and we had better all die than lose it (James Longstreet Quotes) Time sets all things right. Error lives but a day. Truth is eternal (James Longstreet Quotes) I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best (James Longstreet Quotes) There was no indication of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made and failed from the blows that could not be fended (James Longstreet Quotes) I have been a soldier all my life. I have commanded companies, I have commanded regiments. I have commanded divisions. And I have commanded even more. But there are no fifteen thousand men I the world that can go across that ground (James Longstreet Quotes) As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines (James Longstreet Quotes) That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war (James Longstreet Quotes) The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail (James Longstreet Quotes)