Some years after the affair on the Plank road, General Hancock said to me,
"You rolled me up like a wet blanket, and it was some hours before I could reorganize for battle."
(from From Manassas to Appomattox, by Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA)
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Gen. James Longstreet, re: the Wilderness
labels: James Longstreet, quotes, the Wilderness, Winfield S. Hancock