General Longstreet,when Once In A Fight, Was

What A Cruel Thing Is War: To Separate And Destroy Families And Friends, And Mar The Purest Joys And Happiness God Has Granted Us In This World; To Fill Our Hearts With Hatred Instead Of Love For Our Neighbors, And To Devastate The Fair Face Of This Beautiful World.

We Have Only One Rule Here - To Act Like A Gentleman At All Times.

The Questions Which For Years Were In Dispute Between The State And General Government, And Which Unhappily Were Not Decided By The Dictates Of Reason, But Referred To The Decision Of War, Having Been Decided Against Us, It Is The Part Of Wisdom To Acquiesce In The Result, And Of Candor To Recognize The Fact.

They Do Not Know What They Say. If It Came To A Conflict Of Arms, The War Will Last At Least Four Years. Northern Politicians Will Not Appreciate The Determination And Pluck Of The South, And Southern Politicians Do Not Appreciate The Numbers, Resources, And Patient Perseverance Of The North. Both Sides Forget That We Are All Americans. I Foresee That Our Country Will Pass Through A Terrible Ordeal, A Necessary Expiation, Perhaps, For Our National Sins.

Live In The World You Inhabit. Look Upon Things As They Are. Take Them As You Find Them. Make The Best Of Them. Turn Them To Your Advantage.