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In a very short time the army of Northern Virginia was face to face with the Army of the Potomac.

I do not want to make this charge. I do not see how it can succeed. I would not make it now but that General Lee has ordered it and expects it.

That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war.

General Pickett, finding the battle broken while the enemy was still reinforcing, called the troops off.

This is a hard fight and we had better all die than lose it.

You can't lead from behind

Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them.

If the entire Union Army comes across here, I will kill them all!

The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail.

If we only save the finger of one man, that's enough.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

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.

Time sets all things right. Error lives but a day. Truth is eternal.

General, unless he offers us honorable terms, come back and let us fight it out!