“After a siege of 293 days, Grant forced the Confederates to abandon Petersburg and Richmond on the same day.” — Ronald C. White Jr Copy Share Image
The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him closely. — Buffalo Bill Copy Share Image
These men of Law and their confederates ... the caterpillars of this Kingdom, who with their uncontrolled exactions and extortions, eat up… — Bathsua Makin Copy Share Image
From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis. — Lemmy Copy Share Image
By the 1870s, ex-Confederates had taken their support for Western individualism a step further. They insisted the federal government was actively persecuting… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
“Closing down an event with Confederate reenactors is never really easy for a black guy. Let’s face it, the Confederates lost the… — Michael W. Twitty Copy Share Image
“In any case, the example set by the Confederates in burning the village of Chambersburg, Pa., a town which was not garrisoned,… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
what is wanting to restore us to our station among our confederates? not more money from the people. enough has been raised… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Gettysburg Adress has been included, of late, in several anthologies of poetry. It actually meets the major requirement of all poetry:… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Fellow Italians: stop getting all bent out of shape about Christopher Columbus getting the same treatment as the Confederates. He was a… — Allison Robicelli 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
Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm… — Clark Gable Copy Share Image
If Wild Bill could have made his successful dash into our lines earlier in the day, the attuck would have been made… — Buffalo Bill Copy Share Image
What is the motive to the secret ballot? This, and only this: Like other confederates in crime, those who use it are… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“When the singing ended, I chatted with others in my pew, including a tall, aristocratic-looking man with pomaded gray hair. I told… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
“With the Confederate army divided and Pope’s army between them, Pope was now positioned to prevent them from linking up by blocking… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Jackson, since the inception of the brigade, stressed the importance of using the bayonet in battle as the majority of the C.S.A.… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“You know what Forrest had the nerve to do?” “Son of a bitch has the nerve to do damn near anything. That's… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
“Michael King was a young preacher with horn-rimmed glasses and a close-cropped beard and mustache. "The Bible says, if eating meat offends… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
