Death, in its silent sure march is fast gathering those whom I have longest loved, so that when he shall knock at… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“During the nineteenth century, corps commander was the highest level of command to still require skills of an operator for success. A… — Robert Scales Copy Share Image
“Benoit began life in the year 1889, with the coming of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. There was never any plan… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Converting the war into an antislavery crusade was a brilliant move on Lincoln's part, and it resulted in a surge of voluntary… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
“This is your war now.' I despised myself for the cheesy sentiment, but what else did I have? 'Some war,' he said… — John Green Copy Share Image
In the North, neither greenbacks, taxes, nor war bonds were enough to finance the war. So a national banking system was created… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
“Without anything being said, there were no women at our lunches. Not that we were talking pussy. Or not much. But it… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
To a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war. — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Copy Share Image
...our state will not...secede. Have no doubt but Lincoln will make a good president - at least we ought to give him… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and war less than compromise. We can recover from them.… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
“Our central thesis is that some inventions are more important than others, and that the revolutionary century after the Civil War was… — Robert J. Gordon Copy Share Image
“Like Humpty Dumpty, in the old nursery rhyme, putting the country back together again would not be easy. This feeling of separation… — George Levy Copy Share Image
Obama was elected in a flourish of promise that many in the African-American community believed would help not only to symbolize African-American… — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
We were lavish of blood in those days, and it was thought to be a grand thing to charge a battery or… — Daniel Harvey Hill Copy Share Image
The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it… — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
We went through tough times when I was very young and I'm so infinitely grateful to my parents. Their journey began during… — Alphonso Davies Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson insisted that an “informed citizenry” is the best protection for democracy. It is therefore extremely disconcerting that a staggering percentage… — Bandy X. Lee Copy Share Image
“battles lost not alone because of superior numbers and failing ammunition and stores, but because of generals who should not have been… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
