Civil war Quote by Richard M. Weaver

For this war is essentially a war of conquest. If ever a nation did wage such a war, the North is now engaged, with…

— Arthur Fremantle

“History textbooks still present Union and Confederate sympathizers as equally idealistic. The North fought to hold the Union together, while the South fought, according…

— James W. Loewen

When we say the South lost the Civil War, we mean the white South. The blacks were liberated. And it's trying to redefine this…

— William R. Ferris

I am with the South in life or death, in victory or defeat. I believe the North is about to wage a brutal and…

— Patrick Cleburne

“Quite often, people inaccurately comment about the villains of the South and the heroes of the North. Such statements cause bitter debates. Thus, it…

— Trevor P. Wardlaw

It was necessary to put the South at a moral disadvantage by transforming the contest from a war waged against states fighting for their…

— Woodrow Wilson

In many ways, the North won the Civil War militarily and then lost the peace. You know, a group of writers, included many Confederate…

— Ron Chernow

“Having preserved the Union and saved white workers from competing with slave labor, the North could magnanimously acquiesce to such Confederate meretriciousness and the…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“North-South imbalances and the exploitation of men and raw materials, combined with the resignation of the peoples of the North, produce a much more…

— Tariq Ramadan

“the Northern people; whereas, as a matter of fact, but for the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, I believe the great majority of the Northern…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“the great advantage the South possessed over the North at the beginning of the rebellion. They had from thirty to forty per cent. of…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“From almost the moment the Civil War ended, Gettysburg has been widely viewed as one of the decisive turning points of the Civil War.…

— Charles River Editors