“No, dear, but speaking of Father reminded me how much I miss him, how much I owe him, and how faithfully I… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Let the erring sisters depart in peace; the idea of getting up a civil war to compel the weaker States to remain… — Jane Swisshelm Copy Share Image
“Then as Anna listened another sound began to rise within the first. It began as a low keening, like the wind in… — Howard Bahr Copy Share Image
I'm reading "Team of Rivals'' I'll probably ending up reading a bunch of books about the Civil War. But I think my… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Unusual financial activity: none, unless you count the fact that someone in the family is way too into Civil War biographies. (Can… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
The 14th Amendment was passed after the Civil War to apply to former slaves to ensure that they are treated like all… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The Sound of battle fell upon my ear & heart all day yesterday - even after dark the cannon's insatiate roar continued. — Elizabeth Blair Lee Copy Share Image
“After witnessing conditions of overcrowding and poor ventilation in the Georgetown Union Hotel Hospital in 1861, the US Civil War Sanitary Commission… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“Awakened by artillery fire, the frightened Confederate recruits ran out of town, some still in their bedclothes. The Federals gave this embarrassing… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
“Ain’t nothing too serious. Even death is a joke on the old devil, if we are living for the Lord.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
There are those who would keep us slipping back into the darkness of division, into the snake pit of racial hatred, of… — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
I can't say with certainty that slavery would have ended more quickly and more completely if the South had been allowed to… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
I began to see during the civil war, in that part of the states of Missouri and Kansas where the doctors were… — Andrew Taylor Still Copy Share Image
In 2013, I had to do 'The Wright Stuff' on about an hour's sleep. I was asked, 'What do you make of… — Rylan Clark-Neal Copy Share Image
You can't have anything valuable in your house. Niggers will break in and take it all! Everything white people don't like about… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
“The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both *may*… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stop trusting each other, and every stranger becomes an enemy. — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“Apparently, it was common for children to participate in the Civil War, and thus, lots of fathers had brought their sons along… — Stuart Gibbs Copy Share Image
It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if… — Patrick Cleburne Copy Share Image
I don't have to come back politically, but I would like to do something that will help the people of Thailand. There… — Thaksin Shinawatra Copy Share Image
