Winfield Scott

Lee is the greatest military genius in America, myself not excepted.

wherever I may spend my little remainder of life, my frequent and latest prayer will be, "God save the Union!"

Major-General McClellan has propagated in high quarters the idea expressed in the letter before me, that Washington was not only "insecure," but in "imminent danger." Relying on our numbers, our forts, and the Potomac River, I am confident …

Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace."

Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!

Men of the eleventh! the enemy say we are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call on you to give the lie to that slander. Charge!