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“these instances bore none of the harrowing features of racially motivated torture, mutilation, and cruelty endemic to Euro-American lynching of African Americans.… — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
“Longstreet stayed up talking, as long as there was company, as long as there was a fire. Because when the fire was… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
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At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as… — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
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You know, years ago John Calhoun said that West Point men would lead great armies... He never thought they'd be leading them… — Philibert Orry Copy Share Image
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Nathan Bedford Forrest ... used his horsemen as a modern general would use motorized infantry. He liked horses because he liked fast… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
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Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
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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
You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too.… — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
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