Giraud has changed his mind.
I’m not concerned about General Burnside right now. I’m much more concerned with how far Lee will let us go before he does something.
No cause that was ever worthy was without its turmoil, its trials, its hopelessness. We are not defeated yet.
My God, John. The king has begun to shoot his subjects.
Lee made small greetings to the others, saw the sour expression of Jubal Early, Ewell’s division commander,
Göring
Major, I do not know why God does the things He does, but I believe you have the same duty to God as you have always had: to follow the right path, to live your life with a clear conscience.
To occupy the
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight … touch the mountains and they shall smoke … He had memorized that verse years before, Psalm 144, knew somehow,...
Sorry, ma’am, but we need a big damn army right now, and there’s no better way to make one than to gather up a bunch of boys and tell them how much fun they’re going to have killing their enemy.
Is that not what a commander must do, earn respect, give them discipline and . . . love them?
Around him the chorus had begun, great swarms of creatures that he guessed to be insects, frogs maybe, everything else in this infernal country that had a voice. Why night? he thought. They don’t say...
With one goal, seeking information of some movement of the enemy, whether anyone was shifting
Anything that might be
Newspapers are a great place for cowards and malcontents to have their say.
Worn-out shoes. Few of the men had anything solid on their feet, and the curses toward the supply officers went mostly unheeded by the officers, who had worries of their own.
Throwing
My job is to … do my job. Lead, for God’s sake. Keep my nose out of places where the machine is working, and stick it in deep where it isn’t.
Go home, Sean. Go plant some flowers and mow your grass. And maybe hatch a couple more kids.You sound like Colleen. That's what she wants.It's what we all want. Some of us just don't know it yet.
No matter how many times you give the orders, you don’t show them that you know damn well what’s going to happen next. Doesn’t matter if these boys are illiterate mudkickers or college boys. They’ll s...
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