Private Trip
"Let me tell you something, boy. You can march like the white man, you can talk like him. You can sing his songs, you can even wear his suits. But, you aint NEVER gonna be nothing to him, than an ugly ass chimp... in a blue suit."

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Private Trip
"[to Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins] Nigger, is you an old man or is you an old woman? I forget."

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Private Trip
"[about his paycheck, after the 54th learns they will be paid less than an all-white regiment] Tear it up! Tear it up! TEAR IT UP!"

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Private Trip
"[addressing the 54th the night before battle] I aint much about no prayin, now. I aint never had no family, and...killed off my mama. Well, I just... Yalls the onliest family I got. I love the 54th. Aint even much a matter what happens tomorrow, cause we men, aint we? We men."

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"Cpl. Thomas Searles: Its not true is it? I mean about not being allowed to fight. The men are living for that day. I know I am."

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"Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins: Thats right, Hines. Aint no dream. We runaway slaves but we come back fightin men. Go tell your folks how kingdom come in the year of jubilee!"

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"Col. Montgomery: That wouldnt have been necessary if that secession woman hadnt started it. They never learn. You see secession has to be cleared away by the hand of God like the Jews of old. Now I will have to burn this town."

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"Pvt. Jupiter Sharts: [after getting handed a musket] I can knock something down with this!"

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"Pvt. Jupiter Sharts: [praying aloud] Tomorrow we goes into battle, so Lordy, let me fight with the rifle in one hand, and the Good Book in the other. So that if I may die at the muzzle of the rifle... die on water, or on land, I may know that you blessed Jesus almighty are with me... and I have no fear."

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Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
"Good morning gentlemen, I am Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. I am your commanding officer. It is a great pleasure to see you all here today. It is my hope that the same courage, spirit, and honor, which has brought us together, will one day restore this Union. May God bless us all."

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Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
"[in a letter] Dear Mother, They learn, learn quickly, faster than white troops it seems to me. They are almost grave and sedate under instruction and they restrain themselves. But the moment they are dismissed from drill every tongue is relaxed and every ivory tooth is visible and you would not know from the sound of it that this is an army camp. They must have learned this from long hours of meaningless, inhuman work to set them free so quickly. It gives them great energy. And there is no doubt we will leave this state as fine a regiment as any that as marched. As ever, your son, Robert."

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Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
"[Writing a letter to his mother] We are fighting for a people whose poetry has not yet been written."

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Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
"If you men will take no pay, then none of us will."

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Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
"Theres more to fighting than rest, sir. Theres character. Theres strength of heart. You should have seen us in action two days ago. We were a sight to see! Well be ready, sir. When do you want us?"

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Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
"[Handing a journalist his letters home] Got some letters here, personal things. Also, if I should fall, remember what you see here."

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