It cost about 75 cents to kill a man in Ceasar's time. The price rose to about $3,000 per man during the… — Homer Bone Copy Share Image
Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America.… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
“For my part I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us of proving that popular… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it. — Abraham Lincoln 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
You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on… — Bruce Catton 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
“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
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
“After the American civil war, the U. S. Navy also joined the anti-slave patrols in the Atlantic.” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Will the slave fight? If any man asks you, tell him No. But if anyone asks you will a Negro fight, tell… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“a gang of unpredictable ruffians by day who turned to enthralling storytellers after dark. "I would sometimes join them, and listen for… — Russell S. Bonds Copy Share Image
I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I… — Philip Sheridan Copy Share Image
