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Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.

Stonewall Jackson

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Jackson, Stonewall. Last words. 10 May 1863, Guinea, Virginia, USA.

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

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

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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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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.