More from Stonewall Jackson
Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.
Last words (May 10, 1863); as quoted in “Stonewall Jackson’s Last Days” by Joe D. Haines, Jr. in America’s Civil War- Reply to Colonel Barnard E. Bee when he reported that the enemy were beating them back. At the First Battle of Bull Run (21 July 1861); as quoted in Stonewall Jackson As Military Commander (2000) by John Selby, p. 21
- To Col. Sam Fulkerson, who reported on the weariness of their troops and suggested that they should be given an hour or so to rest from a forced march in the night. (24 May 1862); as quoted in Mighty Stonewall (1957) by Frank E. Vandiver, p. 250
More about war and peace
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to William Stephens Smith (13 November 1787). Manuscript at the Library of Congress.The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
