My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear. James Longstreet Read Quote
General Pickett, finding the battle broken while the enemy was still reinforcing, called the troops off. James Longstreet Read Quote
In a very short time the army of Northern Virginia was face to face with the Army of the Potomac. James Longstreet Read Quote
As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines. James Longstreet Read Quote
I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee. James Longstreet Read Quote
The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail. James Longstreet Read Quote
Before my troops reached the little city, and before the people of Fredericksburg knew that any part of the Confederate army was near, there was great excitement over the demand for surrender. James Longstreet Read Quote
Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, – that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, – being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse. James Longstreet Read Quote
I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy. James Longstreet Read Quote
