Quotes by Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

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Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience. — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
A visitor asked Lincoln what good news he could take home from an audience with the august executive. The president spun — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
He is the kind of person I should expect to rescue one from a mad dog at any risk but then insist on a stoical indiffere — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor. — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville