Benjamin Lincoln

“The languor which for a time has pervaded every department of the states, is succeeded by a spirit of enterprise and a glow of patriotism.”

“We are now to look forward to a revolution, if we do not prevent it.”

“My great object, since I have had the command of this army, has been to save Charleston.”

“I have always considered that the substitution of the present legal tender was a violation of the principles of justice.”

“We are reduced to the alternative of fighting our way out of this garrison... or of surrendering the town and the garrison.”