What A Cruel Thing War Is... To

We Cannot Afford To Be Idle, And Though Weaker Than Our Opponents In Men And Military Equipments, Must Endeavor To Harass, If We Cannot Destroy Them.

I Have Been Up To See The Congress And They Do Not Seem To Be Able To Do Anything Except To Eat Peanuts And Chew Tobacco, While My Army Is Starving.

I Was Too Weak To Defend, So I Attacked

A Union That Can Only Be Maintained By Swords And Bayonets, And In Which Strife And Civil War Are To Take The Place Of Brotherly Love And Kindness, Has No Charm For Me.

I Consider The Proper Education Of Our Youths One Of The Most Important Objects Now To Be Attained And One From Which The Greatest Benefits May Be Expected.