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Quote by George Pickett

“We'll make a bunker hill of it.”

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George Pickett, born on January 16, 1825, and died on July 30, 1875, was a prominent Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is best known for his charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, which remains one of the most famous military actions in American history. more

“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.”

“Virginians! With me! Who will come with me!?”

War Civil War Virginians

Author:Lewis Armistead

“He has lost his left arm, but I my right.”

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Book:REBEL YELL: History of the Confederacy, Memoirs and Biographies of the Confederate Leaders & Official Documents: History of the Confederate States, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Heros von Borcke, Constitution of the Confederate States and More

Source: REBEL YELL: History of the Confederacy, Memoirs and Biographies of the Confederate Leaders & Official Documents: History of the Confederate States, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Heros von Borcke, Constitution of the Confederate States and More

“Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.”

Ifs War Speak Connections University Civil War Grants General Grant

Author:Robert E. Lee

“I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses.”

I Can War Horse Civil War

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“. . . everything in life responds to the song of the heart.”

Heart Song Focus Aspiration

Book:365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Source: 365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

“Why is one a slave to thought ? Why has thought become so important in all our lives -thought being ideas, being the response to the accumulated memories in the brain cells? Perhaps many of you have not even asked such a question before, or if you have you may have said, "it's of very little importance- what is important is emotion." But I don't see how you can separate the two. If thought does not give continuity to feeling, feeling dies very quickly. So why in our daily lives, in our grinding, boring, frightened lives, has thought taken on such inordinate importance?”