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...
No cause that was ever worthy was without its turmoil, its trials, its hopelessness. We are not defeated yet.
Lee made small greetings to the others, saw the sour expression of Jubal Early, Ewell’s division commander,
Is that not what a commander must do, earn respect, give them discipline and . . . love them?
I always had the faith that this country would elect those who knew best, who could follow the best course through any situation.
Who blamed Lee. Longstreet knew that somewhere
Throwing
See the strength of the blue lines in front of them. But it was
Anything that might be
We got a duty . . . we all got the same duty, all of us, Major. Armistead
The best way to defend is to attack and the best way to attack is to attack. At Chancellorsville, Lee was asked why he attacked when he was outnumbered three to one. He said he was too weak to defend....
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.
Burnside was in the best position on the field, could have moved at any time toward a weak defense, a defense that was weaker still
And so, pointing fingers become pointing guns, because nobody listens to fingers.
All right. They’re on our left. They’re on our right. They’re in front of us, they’re behind us. They can’t get away this time. —COLONEL LEWIS CHESTY PULLER
He is appointed Lieutenant Colonel, second-in-command of the Twentieth Maine Regiment of Volunteers.
Annoyance, Eisenhower knew that the prolonged
We had a tough fight here, but dammit, we’re getting the job done. The First and the Twenty-ninth took heavy casualties all day yesterday, and they’re still taking them now.
Vegetables were almost nonexistent, and what passed for meat was either rancid or pure fat. The men were surviving on crackers and moldy flour. Lee was beginning to understand what this meant to the f...