We Made A Great Mistake In The Beginning Of Our Struggle, And I Fear, In Spite Of All We Can Do, It Will Prove To Be A Fatal Mistake. We Appointed All Our Worst Generals To Command Our Armies, And All Our Best Generals To Edit The Newspapers

-Robert E. Lee

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We Made A Great Mistake In The

Robert E. Lee

We Made A Great Mistake In The Beginning Of Our Struggle, And I Fear, In Spite Of All We Can Do, It Will Prove To Be A Fatal Mistake. We Appointed All Our Worst Generals To Command Our Armies, And All Our Best Generals To Edit The Newspapers

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War

Mistake

Struggle

Many Opportunities Have Been Lost And Hundreds Of Valuable Lives Uselessly Sacrificed For Want Of A Strict Observance Of Discipline. Its Object Is To Enable An Army To Bring Promptly Into Action The Largest Possible Number Of Its Men, In Good Order And Under The Control Of Their Officers. Its Effects Are Visible In All Military History, Which Records The Triumphs Of Discipline And Courage Far More Frequently Than Those Of Numbers And Resources.

Military

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Discipline