What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America.… — 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… — 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… — 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.… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“Bear in mind, now, that most of this work was done by men who had no intention whatever, when they enlisted, of… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“They lived in rural Michigan in the pre-automobile age, and for the most part they had never been fifty miles away from… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
The Confederate Constitution was almost identical to that of the United States. — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
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
Nathan Bedford Forrest ... used his horsemen as a modern general would use motorized infantry. He liked horses because he liked fast… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
What a general could do, Thomas did; no more dependable soldier for a moment of crisis existed on the North American continent,… — 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
“In the 1860s the leaders of the cotton belt made one of the most prodigious miscalculations in recorded history. On the eve… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
It began with one act of madness, and it ended with another. John Brown heard history's clock strike in the night and… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers - if only to become… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“It is recorded that during the long winter after the Battle of Fredericksburg, when the two rival armies were camped on opposite… — 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
