If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours. — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
My memoirs were written, and a portion of them already in the hands of the publishers, when the startling news came which has thrilled all Europe and filled her inhabitants with horror - the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President of… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election. — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
Just previous to the birth of my little son, my mind gave way and my child was born in the asylum for the insane… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that in this fiery ordeal, in this suffering, misery, and woe, the South is but undergoing a purification by fire and… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have already mentioned,… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
There are those who maintain that in this world women have no right to interfere in the affairs of state, in politics, in plots… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession. — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln, for in him I saw the destroyer. — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
