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Stonewall Jackson last words: "Let's cross over the river and rest beneath in the shade of the trees"

Grant's order when requested by his soldiers to deliver a speech in the day he assumed the command of the 21th Illinois Infantry Regiment of Volunteers:

"Men! Retire in your cantonments!"

Grant's message to his soldiers, sent the day after Lee's surrender at Appomattox:

"The war is over, the rebels are our countrymen again and the best sign of rejoicing after victory will be to abstain from all demonstrations in the the field"

John Wilkes Booth as he fired to Abraham Lincoln: "Sic Semper Tirannis" .

Gen. Barnard Bee during the Battle of First Bull Run, pointing to Jackson's brigade: "Look at Jackson's brigade; it stands like a stone wall!"

Grant's response to Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner who asked for terms of surrendering of his army at Fort Donelson: "Unconditional surrender! I'm about to move against your positions.

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