From the days of the Founding Fathers, right to this (2008) election, how and where America fights to defend its freedom, has… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all… — Robert E. Lee 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
“The movement to join Washington had a substantial following in the 1850s, centred in Montreal...It faced considerable resistance, though - in part… — Doug Saunders Copy Share Image
“While at Colonel Niel's marquee I saw a detail of soldiers bring out a man by the name of Rowland, whom they… — Sam R. Watkins Copy Share Image
The enduring realization that when a great challenge comes, the most ordinary people can show that they value something more than they… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
I'd gone to Oxford to do graduate studies in the history of the slave trade, but I came across Georgiana's letters, gave… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall… — Joseph Hooker Copy Share Image
“If news of his impending doom bothered Jackson, he did not show it. He sent no urgent dispatches to Richmond; he asked… — S.C. Gwynne Copy Share Image
We are scattered, stunned; the remnant of heart left alive is filled with brotherly hate... Whose fault? Everybody blamed somebody else. Only… — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
“I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“You must not suppose that I would like you to profess religion without possessing it. A hypocrite is in my opinion one… — James I. Robertson Jr Copy Share Image
It began with one act of madness, and it ended with another. John Brown heard history's clock strike in the night and… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers - if only to become… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth… — Alexander H. Stephens 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
From a long view of the history of mankind, seen from, say, ten thousand years from now, there can be little doubt… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is almost inconceivable that citizens of that time were willing to support so bloody a war, by putting so high a… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
“The American Civil War lays out the stark contrast: the greatest generals in war are often abundant failures during peacetime, and vice… — Nassir Ghaemi Copy Share Image
