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Cheap Cigars Come In Handy; They Stifle The Odor Of Cheap Politicians.

When News Of The Surrender First Reached Our Lines Our Men Commenced Firing A Salute Of A Hundred Guns In Honor Of The Victory. I At Once Sent Word, However, To Have It Stopped. The Confederates Were Now Our Prisoners, And We Did Not Want To Exult Over Their Downfall.

All Secret Oath-bound Political Parties Are Dangerous To Any Nation, No Matter How Pure Or How Patriotic The Motives And Principles Which First Bring Them Together.

No Theory Of My Own Will Ever Stand In The Way Of My Executing, In Good Faith, Any Order I May Receive From Those In Authority Over Me.

The Natural Disposition Of Most People Is To Clothe A Commander Of A Large Army Whom They Do Not Know, With Almost Superhuman Abilities. A Large Part Of The National Army, For Instance, And Most Of The Press Of The Country, Clothed General Lee With Just Such Qualities, But I Had Known Him Personally, And Knew That He Was Mortal; And It Was Just As Well That I Felt This.