Robert E. Lee

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I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South its dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings, and I have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.

Robert E. Lee

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Topic

American Civil War North vs. south American politics

Speaker

Robert E. Lee

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lee, Robert E. Spoken to a friend who condemned the North at the end of the war. c. 1865.

Current Citation

Lee, Robert E. Quoted in The Civil War: An Illustrated History, by Geoffrey C. Ward. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990, ch. 5.

It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.

Robert E. Lee

On seeing a Union charge repulsed by the Confederate army.

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Topic

Attraction of war War

Speaker

Robert E. Lee

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Lee, Robert E. Comment to James Longstreet, on seeing a Union charge repelled in the Battle of Fredericksburg. Battle of Fredericksburg. 13 Dec. 1862, Fredericksburg, VA, USA.