American history Quote by Anson Mount

Like many people who live in the South, I'm drawn to the history of the Civil War.

— Nicholas Sparks

I grew up in Georgia and I think if you're raised in the South it's where a lot of the war was fought, and…

— Ed Helms

People want to know why the South is so interested in the Civil War. I had maybe, it's a rough guess, about fifty fistfights…

— Shelby Foote

I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I used…

— Billy Campbell

My ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; I was raised in Natchez, Miss.; I performed in the Confederate Pageant for a…

— Greg Iles

I grew up reading American history.

— Jake Auchincloss

When I was growing up in Virginia, the Civil War was presented to me as glorious with dramatic courage and military honor. Later, I…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

I am passionately interested in understanding how my country works. And if you want to know about this thing called the United States of…

— Ken Burns

Our Civil War history is important, but it belongs in textbooks and museums - not a place of allegiance on our Capitol grounds.

— Roy Cooper

When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

When you live in the South, you're constantly part of the civil rights movement.

— Wadada Leo Smith

'Civil War' was such a whirlwind, and I didn't really know what was going on. I was thrown into the deep end.

— Tom Holland