A North Carolina company in the darkness took us for the enemy." "I don't rejoice over the fall of a great and valiant foe, but whether Jackson lived or died the result would be the same.

I told you long ago that the forces of the Union could never be beaten in the long run, and I repeated it to you another time.

Now I repeat it once more.
We have lost two great battles here, but you make no progress.

We menace you as much as ever." "But your newspapers say you're growing very tired.

There's no nation so big that it can't be exhausted." "But you'll be exhausted first.