Gideon Welles

This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by…

— Gideon Welles

The hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else.

— Gideon Welles

The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the…

— Gideon Welles

On the Avenue in front of the White House were several hundred colored people, mostly women and children, weeping and wailing their…

— Gideon Welles

It is vain to expect a well-balanced government without a well-balanced society.

— Gideon Welles