Some articles on civil war union, war:
... Andrews, Civil War Union civilian ... William Hunter Campbell, Civil War Union Army officer ... Duke, Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Korean War Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector to become of a Medal of Honor recipient ...
... Biddle (January 22, 1822 – December 9, 1880) Civil War Union Army officer ... Mark Wilkes Collet (June 2, 1826 – May 3, 1863) Civil War Union Army officer and physician ... James Barnet Fry (February 22, 1827 – July 11, 1894) Civil War Union brigadier general ...
Famous quotes containing the words civil war, union, civil and/or war:
“They have been waiting for us in a foetor
Of vegetable sweat since civil war days,
Since the gravel-crunching, interminable departure
Of the expropriated mycologist.”
—Derek Mahon (b. 1941)
“I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be “the Union as it was.””
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“... as a result of generations of betrayal, it’s nearly impossible for Southern Negroes to trust a Southern white. No matter what he does or what he suffers, a white liberal is never established beyond suspicion in the hearts of the minority.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 2, ch. 10 (1962)
“‘Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down
You’d treat if met where any bar is,
Or help to half-a-crown.’”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)