Quote by Ron Chernow

“The feckless President Buchanan, who opposed secession, thought the federal government powerless to stop it, and in his last annual message blamed the “incessant…

— Ron Chernow

“We’re not part of the Confederacy anymore, either.  There’s as many crooks trying to run the south as there are in the north.  You…

— Keith R. Baker

“I felt entangled now: this March, this South, this war, history. History could not possibly let the South get away with slavery; history would…

— Cynthia Bass

Grant began by expressing a hope that the war would soon be over, and Lee replied by stating that he had for some time…

— Horace Porter

“Lincoln replied:"There is a difference between secession against the Constitution and in favor of the Constitution.”

— Clint Johnson

“Forrest spat, “Bah. We don’t need it. This world doesn’t need another nation of steel and soot. We showed that magic defeats metal. Grant…

— Robert Edward

“In the South, we knew our adversary would stop at nothing to silence our activism. We knew we could never match his readiness to…

— John Lewis

“If the spirited crowd expected a speech exalting recent Union victories, they were disappointed. In keeping with his lifelong tendency to consider all sides…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Lee crushed this idea in a few words. “If I took your advice, the men would be without rations and under no control of…

— Charles Bracelen Flood

As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.

— Belle Boyd

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.

— Belle Boyd

“This was the crippling irony at the heart of the Confederate debates over the prospect of peace: the moments when Confederate military victories gave…

— Elizabeth R. Varon