Quotes from Winfield Scott Hancock

Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket.

I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field.

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.

Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field.

There are times when a corps commander's life does not count.

We are serving no one man, we are serving our country.