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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.

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.