Willis Bouchey: Gen. Stoughton

Quotes 

• General Staughton : So he sent me his regards, did he? I tell you, Captain, somebody's got to stop this Mosby. He seems to be everywhere all at once.

  Capt. Alan Morrow : They don't call him The Gray Ghost for nothing, sir.

  General Staughton : Then it's up to you people in Intelligence to stop that Ghost.

• General Staughton : Captain Morrow, you are a bird-brained, love-sick idiot.

  Capt. Alan Morrow : I beg your pardon, sir?

  General Staughton : I said you were a bird-brained, love-sick idiot!

  Capt. Alan Morrow : Is that why you sent for me, sir?

• General Staughton : You talked me into clearing that Forde girl through our lines.

  Capt. Alan Morrow : Sonia? What's happened? Did they catch her?

  General Staughton : No, but she caught you with the hook that was baited by Eve to catch Adam!

• [historic quotes] 

  General Staughton : Who are you?

  Maj. John Singleton Mosby : Ever hear of John Mosby?

  General Staughton : You mean you captured him!

  Maj. John Singleton Mosby : No - but he's captured you!

• Lieutenant : It's a dispatch directly from Abraham Lincoln, gentlemen.

  General Staughton : All right, read it.

  Lieutenant : [historic quote]  It's signed "A. Lincoln, President" and it reads, "I'm sorry. I can always make brigadier generals, but I cannot replace the horses."

• General Staughton : I'll have you hanged by the heels for this. Guard!

  Maj. John Singleton Mosby : You Yankees sure do a lot of hangin' talk.