Benjamin Lincoln

“The languor which for a time has pervaded every department of the states, is succeeded by a spirit of enterprise and a glow of patriotism.”

“We are reduced to the alternative of fighting our way out of this garrison... or of surrendering the town and the garrison.”

“We are now to look forward to a revolution, if we do not prevent it.”

“I have always considered that the substitution of the present legal tender was a violation of the principles of justice.”

“My great object, since I have had the command of this army, has been to save Charleston.”