By 1865, all Southern women - the happily and regrettably…

In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that simultaneously granted them more…

— Karen Abbott

In the beginning of the war, Southern women wanted their men to leave - in droves, and as quickly as possible. They were the…

— Karen Abbott

In 1961, an official U.S. commission oversaw thousands of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the American Civil War. All 50 states joined…

— Amanda Foreman

The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and…

— Robert E. Lee

The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the…

— Mercy Otis Warren

“Criticism of Davis was neither new nor unusual, for his Confederacy was by no means a monolithic state. Secession had been imposed upon many…

— Burke Davis

In many ways, the North won the Civil War militarily and then lost the peace. You know, a group of writers, included many Confederate…

— Ron Chernow

The idea of aerial military surveillance dates back to the Civil War, when both the Union and the Confederacy used hot-air balloons to spy…

— Michael Hastings

“When the singing ended, I chatted with others in my pew, including a tall, aristocratic-looking man with pomaded gray hair. I told him about…

— Tony Horwitz

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

— Jonathan Swift

In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years.

— Chesty Puller

If your great-great-grandfather participated on the Confederate side, and you hold some sentimental value to that, and you want to fly the flag and…

— Killer Mike

The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of progress and…

— John Stuart Mill

Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for…

— Robert Toombs

Let's say Twitter existed during the Civil War. We would have a better understanding of people in the Confederacy who were against slavery, people…

— Chuck Klosterman