Daniel Harvey Hill famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#Mean #Soldier #Admiration
Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#Encouragement #Ideas #Gloomy
We were lavish of blood in those days, and it was thought to be a great thing to charge a battery of artillery or an earthwork lined with infantry.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#War #Blood #Batteries
It was not war, it was murder.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#War #Civil War #Murder
The vast army of McClellan spread out before me. The marching columns extended back as far as eye could see in the distance. It was a grand and glorious spectacle, and it was impossible to look at it without admiration.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#Distance #War #Eye
As each brigade emerged from the woods, from 50 to 100 guns opened upon it, tearing great gaps in its ranks; but the heroes pressed on and were shot down by reserves at the guns. It was not war, it was murder.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#War #Hero #Gun
Jackson was not a religious man when he came to Lexington.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#Religious #Men #Advertising
Those who have happy homes seldom turn out badly.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#Home #Happy Home #Turns
There was a nuisance in the service known as the army correspondent.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#Army #Nuisance #Known
Let our children be taught love love love.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#Children #Taught #Our Children
Train our children to love God.
-- Daniel Harvey Hill

#Children #God Love #Our Children

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