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“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

“Those who were die-hard supporters of the Confederacy, including many slaveholders, fled farther south to Texas, where they settled down to rebuild their lives…

— Andrew Himes

At the outbreak of the war it was found very difficult to raise infantry in Texas, as no Texan walks a yard if he…

— Arthur Fremantle

There are times when a corps commander’s life does not count.

— Anonymous

You might be a redneck if more than one living relative is named after a Southern Civil War general.

— Jeff Foxworthy

“The white population of Texas from before the war, then, was never truly beaten, never truly surrendered, and was never brought violently to terms…

— Andrew Himes

“A Georgia volunteer, afterward a colonel in the Confederate service, said: “I fought through the civil war and have seen men shot to pieces…

— Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

When they ran out of cadre men they gave me my very own platoon and said, 'Here are 63 men, try to keep as…

— David Eddings

“They couldn't very well bag everyone wearing a cowboy hat. This was Texas, which meant there'd be plenty of hats, and besides, there was…

— J. Fally

“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

“The greatest regret of my military career was as Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq in 2004-2005, he later wrote of…

— David Finkel

“As the Confederates were preparing, a Union army called the Army of Northeastern Virginia (not to be confused with Lee’s legendary Army of Northern…

— Charles River Editors