A singular fact about modern war is that it takes charge. Once begun it has to be carried to its conclusion, and… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Soldiers who had been in the army long enough to know what a bloody swindle war really is would begin to feel… — Bruce Catton 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
Beneath everything else, North and West, there ran a profound, unvoiced, almost subconscious conviction that the [American] nation was going to go on growing-in… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity,… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Even the most painstaking history is a bridge across an eternal mystery. — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Shiloh had as many casualties as Waterloo, and yet there were another 20 Waterloos to come. — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“The end of the war was like the beginning, with the army marching down the open road under the spring sky, seeing a far… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“Early youth is a baffling time. The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Here was the greatest and most moving chapter in American history, a blending of meanness and greatness, an ending and a beginning. It came… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited;… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Sooner or later you must move down an unknown road that leads beyond the range of the imagination, and the only certainty is that… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Men see things late, and it may be that at times an evil fate drives them on. — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
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