“Success depended once again on speed and deception, qualities that residents of the Shenandoah Valley were beginning to associate with Thomas Jackson. •” — S.C. Gwynne Copy Share Image
“A full appreciation of this crucial position requires an examination of the Confederate defense on this side of Antietam Creek and a… — Carol Reardon Copy Share Image
“Harvey Hill expressed no regrets for his mulishness and no sympathy for what Lee was seeking to accomplish. “Genl. Lee is venturing… — Stephen W. Sears Copy Share Image
“Vegetables were almost nonexistent, and what passed for meat was either rancid or pure fat. The men were surviving on crackers and… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
“Jackson is gone - not entirely gone; Jackson was there today watching, and Ewell sees his eyes - but you cannot blame… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“Captain Werner Von Bachelle of the 6th Wisconsin in General John Gibbon’s Iron Brigade, who died on the Hagerstown Pike with his… — Carol Reardon Copy Share Image
“Burnside left even sooner, hard on the heels of a violent argument with Meade, an exchange of recriminations which a staff observer… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“My first recollection of that day was that early on the morning of September 17, we were all in the cellar with… — Carol Reardon Copy Share Image
“Confederates in Jackson’s column reported seeing a Yankee balloon—it was the Eagle—and assumed that if they could see it, it could see… — Stephen W. Sears Copy Share Image
“Richmond serves one purpose. Lee must defend it. If we threaten the city, he will have to confront us. Lee will soon… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“At one point they passed a newly abandoned Rebel encampment, and Captain Bowers was surprised to see that it looked just like… — Stephen W. Sears Copy Share Image
“My friends,” he began with good cheer, “how do you like this way of coming back into the Union?” He went on… — Stephen W. Sears Copy Share Image
“the long roll called William Wofford’s Georgia brigade to fall in for duty. Orders were issued to fill haversacks with snowballs and… — Stephen W. Sears Copy Share Image
“The word began to filter down the lines, and the grumbling stopped, there was something new about this march, something these men… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
“The end of the war was like the beginning, with the army marching down the open road under the spring sky, seeing… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“Across the river he could see the burnt and crushed buildings of Fredericksburg, the debris piled along the streets, the scattered ruins… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
“It is recorded that during the long winter after the Battle of Fredericksburg, when the two rival armies were camped on opposite… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
