Quotes About Federals

While he correctly judged General McClellan to be defensive-minded, it did not occur to him that General McClellan would give up so easily: that after a single battle—which the Federals won—he would decide to abandon his campaign, cut his losses, and run for safety.

Awakened by artillery fire, the frightened Confederate recruits ran out of town, some still in their bedclothes. The Federals gave this embarrassing retreat the derisive nickname of The Battle of the Philippi Races.

It had been just twenty minutes from the sounding of the charge until a Confederate pulled down the fort's Union flag and Forrest ordered a cease-fire; Confederate partisans later would make much of that, saying the butchery was so great because the fort hadn't been surrendered, but Federals running for their lives had little time to concern themselves with a flag. Soon