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Charles P. Mattocks Quotes

1840–1910

Charles Porter Mattocks (October 11, 1840 – May 16, 1910) was a Medal of Honor recipient and officer in the 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was a prisoner of war for 9 months.

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When the two Regts. were panic-stricken they [his command] stood by me like heroes … Would I abandon men who showed themselves willing to give their own lives to save mine?

[Command] is one of the easiest things in the world if a man only is lavish of the immense power which is by the military code granted to a Regimental commander.

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