| On the front page of every issue is one of the following two quotes. They ring true. | |
| We are a motley crew, we of the Army of the Pacific. Farmers, mechanics, merchants, clerks, students, doctors, lawyers, LOUNGERS - tall, medium, short - rich, middle, poor - thin, full, fat - good, bad - indifferent. But what matters occupation, position, wealth, size, or stripe, when our country is at state? Each and all had somewhere in the heart the germ of patriotism, and could say, with a kindling eye, "My country!" "My native land." | adapted from Camp Fires of the 23rd N.Y., by Pound Sterling (William Maxson), 1863. |
| There is a warmth that springs up which unites us all as brothers. One common danger and one common impulse brings us very close together in friendship, and truer and more steadfast friends outside of one's own family would indeed be very hard to find. | An Illinois Officer |
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Person
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1
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The famous Red River Expedition is over at last & we are out of Bank's Department. I hope we may never see it again. | James K. Newton, 14th Wisc. Vols., letter to parents, May 24, 1864. This the first wet-but-fun Red River campaign. |
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2
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I hate to hear the Rebles cheere when they make a charge, they put me in mind of small schoolchildren about the time school is out. | Henry C. Metzger; letter to sister, Aug. 25, 1864 |
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3
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It is one of the most creditable marches on record. I only wish our Army here had the mobility and endurance of the California troops. | Maj. Gen'l H.W.Halleck, Army Chief of Staff, on the ~800 mile march across the southwest by the "Column from California", Oct. 13, 1863. |
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4
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By the liberality of the General Government of the United Sates: The Union - Esto Perpetua. | Motto above main door of Louisiana State Mil. Academy, of which W.T. Sherman was Superintendent before the War. |
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5
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We were giving to our country the best we had. I mention this that generations yet unborn may have an idea of the hardships of the soldier on the front line from 1861 to 1865. |
Ralsa Rice, 125th OVI, from his reminisces, repub. in 1992 as Yankee Tigers. |
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6
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We looked at our colors, and our faces burned. We must not surrender those symbols of our pride and faith. | Albert Small, 16th Maine |
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7
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There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know that the history and traditions of his country. | John F. Kennedy |
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8
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But the best thing about the AoP is the people in it. You will not find a better or more dedicated group of Union infantry living historians anywhere around. | B.Johnson, Co. A, AoP. A continuous challenge to us. |
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9a
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We shall not need many men like you, the affair will soon blow over. | A.Lincoln to W.T. Sherman, soon after the former's inauguration. |
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9b
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Why, you might as well attempt to put out the flames of a burning house with a squirt-gun. | W.T.Sherman, after meeting Lincoln, to his brother (a U.S.Senator), about the mess the politicians had gotten the nation into. |
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10
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. | Ambrose Bierce, Author, Civil War veteran |
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11
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In my 10 years reenacting experience the best units have come from the Pacific and midwest. The AoP is in its own league when it comes to accuracy, dedication and education. |
D.Cooper, via the Internet. Now to live up to those kind words. |
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12
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to be found | |
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13
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Best-looking battalion in the field. | C.Hadley, AAG, 1st Conf. Division, on wathcih the battalion march by at Raymond, 1998. |
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14
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In battle, men are apt to loose their self-possession, and do very absurd things. | August V. Kautz, Customs of Service for NCOs and Soldiers |
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15
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To be found. | |
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16
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The dust consumed my nasal passage and rendered me more useless than average. | R.Pierson, Bulger, AoP, Chickamauga, 1999. |
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They are not Northern troops, they are part of the whole Militia of the Unites States, obeying the call of the President | Gen'l B. Butler, to Gov. Hicks of Maryland, April 22, 186, arguing to land his troops (8th Mass, 7th NY) at Annapolis, and march overland to D.C., by-passing tension-filled Baltimore. |