Jackson possessed the brutality essential in war; Lee did not.

He could clasp the hand of a wounded enemy, whilst Jackson ground his teeth and murmured, 'No quarter to the violators of our homes and firesides', and when someone deplored the necessity of destroying so many brave men, he exclaimed: 'No, shoot them all, I do not wish them to be brave.'" Major General J.F.C. Fuller, British military writer, on Stonewall Jackson It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it." General Lee to General Longstreet War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over." General William Tecumseh Sherman In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free. Honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth." President Abraham Lincoln, message to Congress, 1862 "There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but I tell you, I wish that I owned every slave in the South, for I would free them all to avoid this war." - Robert E. Lee, before The American Civil War "If a fellow wants to be with a girl now he had better enlist. The girls sing 'I am Bound to be a Soldier's Wife or Die an Old Maid'." - Private Theodore Upson, 100th Indiana "I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted conscientiously. It's always the good men who do the most harm in the world." - Henry Adams

Name: ___________________________________________ Period: ___ Quotes about the Civil War Directions: Read the following quotes silently and then discuss them with your partner. After both of you have discussed the quotes, pick the one that stands out to both of you the most. After you have chosen one, both of you should write down your thoughts about it on the space provided. Consider 1. What the quotes mean, 2. Why they were said, 3. How they impact the idea of going to war. It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it." General Lee to General Longstreet War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over." General William Tecumseh Sherman "There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but I tell you, I wish that I owned every slave in the South, for I would free them all to avoid this war." Robert E. Lee, before the Civil War

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