Able Quote by Lovell Rousseau

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

As a Green Beret who served in combat while deployed in Afghanistan, I know what it's like to command a unit comprised of different…

— Michael Waltz

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 has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed…

— Tom Lehrer

A major of colored troops is here with his party capturing negroes, with or without their consent…They are being conscripted.

— John A. Logan

The colored man has been accustomed all his life to lean on the white man, and if a good officer is placed over him,…

— Ulysses S. Grant

The Army has carried the American... ideal to its logical conclusion... Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and…

— Tom Lehrer

Without discipline the Army would just be a bunch of guys wearing the same color clothing.

— Anonymous

“The Gray soldiers prowl the cities ensuring order, ensuring obedience to the hierarchy. The Whites arbitrate their justice and push their philosophy. Pinks pleasure…

— Pierce Brown

At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change of purpose…

— Abraham Lincoln

Slaves have to obey their masters.

— Bill Bright

It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle.…

— Anonymous