Edward Everett Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Not a moment had been lost by General Hooker in the pursuit of Lee.”

“The heart of the People, North and South, is for the Union.”

“General Reynolds immediately found himself engaged with a force which greatly outnumbered his own, and had scarcely made his dispositions for the action when he fell, mortally wounded, at the head of his advance.”

“That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter.”

“There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy.”