Our movement was a great ...

Our movement was a great success; I think the most successful military movement of my life. But I expect to receive more credit for it than I deserve. Most men will think I planned it all from the first; but it was not so. I simply took advantage of circumstances as they were presented to me in the providence of God. I feel that His hand led me - let us give Him the glory.
 Stonewall Jackson

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People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.
 Stonewall Jackson
War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. ... To move swiftly, strike vigorously, and secure all the fruits of victory is the secret of successful war.
 Stonewall Jackson