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Quote by Rufus Dawes

“For a mile up and down the open fields before us the splendid lines of the veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia swept down upon us. Their bearing was magnificent. They came forward with a rush, and how our men did yell, 'Come on, Johnny, come on!'”

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Rufus Dawes

Rufus Dawes was an American author renowned for his historical fiction, which often centered on the American frontier and the Civil War era. Born on July 4, 1838, and deceased on August 1, 1899, Dawes' writing was marked by its vivid imagery and profound understanding of human nature. more

“Pickett excused himself, watchful of Longstreet. Pickett was always saying something to irritate somebody, and he rarely knew why, so his method was simply to apologize in general from time to time and let people know he meant well and then to shove off and hope for the best. He apologized and departed, curls ajiggle.”

People Knows Wells War Method Civil War Apologizing Curls Hoping For The Best Departed

Book:The Civil War Trilogy 3-Book Boxset (Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels, and The Last Full Measure)

Source: The Civil War Trilogy 3-Book Boxset (Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels, and The Last Full Measure)

“General Sickles, this is in some respects higher ground than that to the rear, but there is still higher in front of you, and if you keep on advancing you will find constantly higher ground all the way to the mountains.”

Ifs Way Stills War Fronts Higher Mountain Civil War Advancing Higher Ground

Author:George Meade

“The edge of the conflict swayed to and fro, with wild whirlpools and eddies. At times I saw around me more of the enemy than of my own men; gaps opening, swallowing, closing again with sharp convulsive energy. All around, a strange, mingled roar.”

Men War Energy My Own Enemy Saws Strange Conflict Edges Opening Civil War Gaps Closing Swallowing Whirlpools

Author:Joshua Chamberlain

“My dead and wounded were nearly as great in number as those still on duty. They literally covered the ground. The blood stood in puddles in some places on the rocks; the ground was soaked with the blood of as brave men as ever fell on the red field of battle.”