Knute Nelson quotes

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable. (Knute Nelson)
Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie. View quote
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The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us. View quote
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Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi. View quote
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You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong; it is necessary to see such things with a broad mind in order to oppose them. View quote
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Man is remembered by his deeds. View quote
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What is best and most necessary usually happens. View quote
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It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated. View quote
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I know that money speaks more loudly than need. View quote
Knute Nelson
You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong. View quote
Knute Nelson