“We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General Nathaniel Banks, in plea he couldn't abandon an untenable position.”
Shelby Foote
The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
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