All This Has Been My Fault.

Death, In Its Silent Sure March Is Fast Gathering Those Whom I Have Longest Loved, So That When He Shall Knock At My Door, I Will More Willingly Follow.

Private And Public Life Are Subject To The Same Rules-truth And Manliness Are Two Qualities That Will Carry You Through This World Much Better Than Policy Or Tact Of Expediency Or Other Words That Were Devised To Conceal A Deviation From A Straight Line.

The Real Honest Man Is Honest From Conviction Of What Is Right, Not From Policy.

I Pray That On This Day [christmas] When Only Peace And Good-will Are Preached To Mankind, Better Thoughts May Fill The Hearts Of Our Enemies And Turn Them To Peace.

No Blame Can Be Attached To The Army For Its Failure To Accomplish What Was Projected By Me... I Alone Am To Blame, In Perhaps Expecting Too Much Of Its Prowess And Valor... Could I Have Foreseen That The Attack On The Last Day Would Fail, I Should Certainly Have Tried Some Other Course... But I Do Not Know What Better Course I Could Have Pursued.