Why Do Men Fight Who Were Born

I Have Been A Soldier All My Life. I Have Commanded Companies, I Have Commanded Regiments. I Have Commanded Divisions. And I Have Commanded Even More. But There Are No Fifteen Thousand Men I The World That Can Go Across That Ground.

I Cannot Help But Think That Great Results Would Have Been Obtained Had My Views Been Thought Better Of; Yet I Am Much Inclined To Accept The Present Condition As For The Best.

The Passions Of The Titanic Struggle Will Finally Enter Upon The Sleep Of Oblivion, And Only Its Splendid Accomplishments For The Cause Of Human Freedom And A United Nation, Stronger And Richer In Patriotism Because Of The Great Strife, Will Be Remembered.

The Next Time We Met Was At Appomattox, And The First Thing That General Grant Said To Me When We Stepped Inside, Placing His Hand In Mine Was, Pete, Let Us Have Another Game Of Brag, To Recall The Days That Were So Pleasant. Great God! I Thought To Myself, How My Heart Swells Out To Such Magnanimous Touch Of Humanity. Why Do Men Fight Who Were Born To Be Brothers?

General, Unless He Offers Us Honorable Terms, Come Back And Let Us Fight It Out!