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My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed.
Stonewall Jackson
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Stonewall Jackson
Age: 39 †
Born: 1824
Born: January 21
Died: 1863
Died: May 10
Military Commander
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Teacher
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
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My men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never!
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Press on, press on, men.
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Died of wounds inflicted in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees.
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It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it. They do not know its horrors. I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum of all evils.
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Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished
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Duty is ours consequences are God's.
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We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.
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The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.
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Duty is ours the consequences are the Lord God's
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Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible.
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We are all but instruments of God.
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Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit...
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The only winner today is big business.
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The only true rule for cavalry is to follow the enemy as long as he retreats.
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Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!
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