Stonewall Jackson Quotes About Civil War

Quotes about: Civil War

• My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me.

  Stonewall Jackson

  Religious, War, Battle

  Stonewall Jackson's speech to Captain John D. Imboden (July 24, 1861) as quoted in John Selby "Stonewall Jackson As Military Commander" (p. 25), 1968.

• The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

  Stonewall Jackson

  Country, Peace, Military

  Attributed to Stonewall Jackson in "Stonewall Jackson: An Address" by Hunter McGuire (p. 16), 1897.

• I am more anxious than I can express that my men should be not only good soldiers of their country, but also good soldiers of the cross.

  Stonewall Jackson

  Country, War, Men

• Duty is ours; consequences are God's.

  Stonewall Jackson

  God, Civil War, Duty

• I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it.

  Stonewall Jackson

  Drinking, Food, Alcohol

  Quoted by William Jones in The Life and Letters of Robert Edward Lee, Soldier and Man p. 443

• People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.

  Stonewall Jackson

  War, People, Events

• He is cautious. He ought to be. But he is NOT slow. Lee is a phenomenon. He is the only man whom I would follow blindfolded.

  Stonewall Jackson

  War, Men, Cautious

• This army stays here until the last wounded man is removed. Before I leave them to the enemy, I will lose many more men.

  Stonewall Jackson

  War, Army, Men

• Our movement was a great success; I think the most successful military movement of my life. But I expect to receive more credit for it than I deserve. Most men will think I planned it all from the first; but it was not so. I simply took advantage of circumstances as they were presented to me in the providence of God. I feel that His hand led me - let us give Him the glory.

  Stonewall Jackson

  Military, War, Successful

• I was afraid the fire would not be hot enough for me to distinguish myself.

  Stonewall Jackson

  War, Fire, Hot

• I find I like it too much.

  Stonewall Jackson

  War, History, Too Much

• Press on, press on, men.

  Stonewall Jackson

  War, Men, Civil War

• 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.

  Stonewall Jackson

  War, Errors, Rivers

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