A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.

War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.

If I was forced to choose between the penitentiary and White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.