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Farewell, old fellow! We privates loved you because you made us love ourselves.

— Samuel R. Watkins Co. Aytch (1882)

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He would have a man shot at the drop of a hat, and drop it himself.

Co. Aytch (1882)

I always shot at privates. It was they that did the shooting and killing, and if I could kill or wound a private, why, my chances were so much the better. I always looked upon officers as harmless personages.

Co. Aytch (1882)

America has no north, no south, no east, no west; the sun rises over the hills and sets over the mountains, the compass just points up and down, and we can laugh now at the absurd notion of there being a north and a south. ... We are one and undivided.

Co. Aytch (1882)

We were willing to go anywhere, or to follow anyone who would lead us. We were anxious to flee, fight, or fortify. I have never seen an army so confused and demoralized. The whole thing seemed to be tottering and trembling.

Co. Aytch (1882)

He was loved, respected, admired; yea, almost worshipped, by his troops. I do not believe there was a soldier in his army but would gladly have died for him. With him everything was his soldiers, and the newspapers, criticizing him at the time, said, "He would feed his soldiers if the country starved."

Co. Aytch (1882)

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