I Believe That Our Great Maker Is

The Distant Rear Of An Army Engaged In Battle Is Not The Best Place From Which To Judge Correctly What Is Going On In Front.

England And The United States Are Natural Allies, And Should Be The Best Of Friends.

...but For A Soldier His Duty Is Plain. He Is To Obey The Orders Of All Those Placed Over Him And Whip The Enemy Wherever He Meets Him.

Let No Guilty Man Escape, If It Can He Avoided. . . . No Personal Consideration Should Stand In The Way Of Performing A Public Duty.

I Never Was An Abolitionest, Not Even What Could Be Called Anti Slavery, But I Try To Judge Farely And Honestly And It Become Patent To My Mind Early In The Rebellion That The North And South Could Never Live At Peace With Each Other Except As One Nation, And That Without Slavery.