“ The curtains were not yet drawn and with the moonlight spreading across the room, I could see clearly. I undressed and slipped a soft cotton gown over my naked body. I pulled the blanket off the foot… Nancy B. Brewer
“ Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination. Henry Knox
“ Jason smiled. The sound of wings was louder now, the fluttering of angels come to carry him home. Robert Ferrigno
“ Across the sea fat kings watched and were gleeful, that something begun so well had now gone off the rails (as down South similar kings watched), and if it went off the rails, so went the whole kit, f… George Saunders
“ Mum and Dad met campaigning on the Spanish civil war. Both were active peace campaigners. They died in 1986 and '87. Jeremy Corbyn
“ When it comes to the Civil War, all of our popular understanding, our popular history and culture, our great films, the subtext of our arguments are in defiance of its painful truths. It is not a mist… Ta-Nehisi Coates
“ I stop to brace myself against the walls, which are painted with the fingerprints of family. Nancy B. Brewer
“ It was not an unusual site to see Negro tenant farmers crossing the intersection of Spring and Barbrick on the way to the cotton warehouse Nancy B. Brewer
“ On some issues, it will be an apparent insult to expect one not to be emotional about it, not to be prejudiced or side one's kit and kin.On issues as deep and as touchy as the Nigerian civil war and i… Magnus Nwagu Amudi
“ What it really means is that the general must understand that he is not a free agent and cannot hope to become one. He has to work within the limitations imposed by the fact that he is working for a d… Bruce Catton
“ In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could… Abraham Lincoln
“ I feel proud that I have been counted worthy to have blood shed by a traitor, and to suffer torture at the hands of those who have undertaken to trail our Flag in the dust. Signed, Yours as Ever, Fran… Franklin Marion Havens
“ Melanie is the gentlest of dreams and a part of my dreaming. And if the war had not come I would have lived out my life, happily buried at Twelve Oaks, contentedly watching life go by and never being… Margaret Mitchell
“ I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause. Doris Kearns Goodwin
“ To make matters worse, Jackson placed great value on regurgitating every last detail of the assigned texts. When, in response to Jackson's question 'What are the three simple machines?' a cadet answer… S.C. Gwynne
“ A tense account of the perils facing those who sought freedom in the lead-up to the Civil War. Publishers Weekly
“ No, I went to the bar to ask for a mojito and that guy Johnny said he didn’t make mojitos. Then he offered to make me a mint julep, in one of those silver cups and everything.” “Did you know say the t… Mary Jane Hathaway
