September 2003 Answers
Contributed by Hal Hubis
Match each quote with the following list of Civil War notables:
R.E. Lee, N.B. Forrest
Jeff Davis, Stonewall Jackson
Abe Lincoln, George McClellan
W.T. Sherman, U.S. Grant
1 - "The result proves that the plan (John Brown's raid on Harpers
Ferry) was the attempt of a fanatic or madman." Lee, Oct 1860
2 - "I am anxious to hear from the native part of my state. I am strong
for the Union at present, and if things become no worse, I hope to continue
so." Jackson, 1860
3 - "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the
institution of slavery in the states where it exists." Lincoln, March
1861
4 - "War means fighting, and fighting means killing." Forrest
5 - "The time for war has not yet come, but it will come, and that
soon; and when it does come, my advise is to draw the sword and throw away
the scabbard." Jackson, Apr 13, 1861
6 - "We feel that our cause is just and holy...all we ask is to be
let alone." Davis, April 29, 1861
7 - "I hope God is on our side, but I've got to have Kentucky."
Lincoln, April 1861
8 - "Both sides forget we are all Americans. I foresee that the country
will have to pass through a terrible ordeal, a necessary expiation, perhaps
for our national sins." Lee, May 1861
9 - "It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped." Sherman
10 - "Whilst great credit is due to other parts of our gallant army,
God made my brigade more instrumental than any other." Jackson, after
1st Manassas
11 - "The President is an idiot! I only wish to save my country and
find the incapables around me will not permit it." McClellan, Aug 1861
12 - "Whenever you see anything blue, shoot at it, and do all you can
to keep up the scare." Forrest
13 - "I hoped and expected that I had others who would prove generals,
but I know I had one and that was (Albert) Sidney Johnston." Davis,
Sept 1861
14 - "Retreat? No. I propose to attack at daylight and whip them."
Grant, at Shiloh, April 6, 1862
15 - "Action, action is what we want and what we must have." McClellan,
1862
16 - "By some strange operation of magic I have become the power of
the land. God has placed a great work in my hands...I was called to do it."
McClellan, 1862
17 - "I prefer Lee to Johnston. The former is too cautious and weak
under grave responsibility...he is wanting in moral firmness when pressed
by heavy responsibility and is likely to be timid and irresolute in action."
McClellan
18 - "I will hold McClellan's horse if he will only bring us success."
Lincoln, 1862
19 - "Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy; and when you
strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit." Jackson
20 - "It is well that war is so terrible...we should grow too fond
of it." Lee, at Fredricksburg, Dec 13, 1862
21 - "If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it." Lincoln,
Dec 1862, hearing of Union defeat at Fredericksburg
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