David Dixon Porter Quote

The results of a battle pained him as much as if he was receiving the wounds himself, for I have often heard him express himself in pained accents while talking over some of the scenes of the war; he was not the man to assume a character for feelings he did not possess ; he was as guileless in some respects as a child. How could one avoid liking such a man?


pp. 283–284 - Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)


The results of a battle pained him as much as if he was receiving the wounds himself, for I have often heard him express himself in pained accents...

The results of a battle pained him as much as if he was receiving the wounds himself, for I have often heard him express himself in pained accents...

The results of a battle pained him as much as if he was receiving the wounds himself, for I have often heard him express himself in pained accents...

The results of a battle pained him as much as if he was receiving the wounds himself, for I have often heard him express himself in pained accents...