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Easy, but willing to die if God and my country think I have fulfilled my destiny and done my duty.

— J. E. B. Stuart

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Gentlemen, in ten minutes every man must be in his saddle!

While rashness is a crime, boldness is not incompatible with caution, nay, is often the quintessence of prudence.

Dance away, young ladies; half of these young men will be dead or wounded next week.

Our loss was not a scratch to man or horse.

Old Joe Hooker, will you come out of the Wilderness!

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