James Longstreet and the American Civil War Quotes

“Frederick the Great once stated: “Little minds try to defend everything, but sensible people look at the main point.”
― Harold M. Knudsen, James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confederate General Who Fought the Next War

“In a chapter headed ‘Independent Command: Suffolk,’ he downplayed Lee’s instructions to Longstreet, and in so doing advanced the Lost Cause assertion that the operation was a failure.”
― Harold M. Knudsen, James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confederate General Who Fought the Next War

“He realized that in war, the mechanics boiled down to bringing decisive firepower to bear against your enemy more effectively than he can against you.”
― Harold M. Knudsen, James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confederate General Who Fought the Next War