Labor Disgraces No Man; Unfortunately, You Occasionally

The Most Confident Critics Are Generally Those Who Know The Least About The Matter Criticized.

I Only Knew What Was In My Mind, And I Wished To Express It Clearly

There Are Many Men Who Would Have Done Better Than I Did Under The Circumstances In Which I Found Myself. If I Had Never Held Command, If I Had Fallen, There Were 10,000 Behind Who Would Have Followed The Contest To The End And Never Surrendered The Union.

My Family Is American, And Has Been For Generations, In All Its Branches, Direct And Collateral

No Theory Of My Own Will Ever Stand In The Way Of My Executing, In Good Faith, Any Order I May Receive From Those In Authority Over Me.