Daniel Harvey Hill

“It is not a question of inclination, but of duty. We are not to consult our feelings, but the will of God.”

“The men who were the most devout, the most regular in their attendance on the preaching of the Word... were the men who could be most relied on in battle.”

“It was not the Irish vote that was so formidable, but the Irish yell.”

“The great source of all the blunders and disasters of the Confederacy was the meddling of the politicians with the military.”

“Then, General, you have lost your left.”

“We have taught the world that northern chivalry is a myth and southern chivalry a reality.”

“I did not feel that I could conscientiously make the report of the operations of my division such as he would have it.”

“Unless some one could be found who could perform the miracle of the loaves and fishes, the army was doomed to starvation.”