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George Armstrong Custer

You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the country is concerned I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the war

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Custer is saying that while he hopes for peace and the end of war for the good of his country, personally he feels a sense of loss at the thought of the conflict ending. He values the war experience itself, even though he recognizes the importance of peace for everyone else.

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