Army Quote by Karen Abbott

In the beginning of the war, Southern women wanted their men to leave - in droves, and as quickly as possible. They were the…

— Karen Abbott

“The fact remains that women and children were left vulnerable to sickness and disease, manipulative slaveholders, and even apathetic Union officers during the Civil…

— Jim Downs

“Whatever the reason for enlisting, by 1865 the Union had sworn in 2,128,948 men, approximately one-third of the military-age male population of the northern…

— Allen C. Guelzo

There are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and laborers , but…

— Frederick Douglass

By integrating women into particularly military institutes, it cripples the readiness of our defense. Schools like The Citadel train young men to confidently lead…

— Christine O'Donnell

There are no women in these ground combat jobs.Women, of course, have been flying combat missions in fighter jets, attack helicopters, for more than…

— Renee Montagne

Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

I have spent 41 years in uniform, three long tours in Iraq, one in Afghanistan, and everywhere I went on a battlefield, there were…

— Lloyd Austin

There are at present many Coloured men in the Confederate Army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and labourers, but real soldiers, having…

— Frederick Douglass

The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after…

— Dana Priest

They send women into combat without being prepared for women in combat. The men resented them being there, and it was just very, very…

— Mary Gauthier

“By 1864 Wall Streeters had spies in the Confederate high command and could learn southern battle plans before colonels in the Army of Virginia did.”

— Mike Wallace