Robert E Lee/harpers Ferry and Texas 1859-61

Famous quotes containing the words robert, lee, ferry and/or texas:

    This is The End—of the Beginning.
    Rip Van Ronkel, and Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)

    It’s men like you that make it difficult for people to understand one another.
    Richard Fielding, and Lee Sholem. Superman (George Reeves)

    Ferry me across the water,
    Do, boatman, do.”
    “If you’ve a penny in your purse
    I’ll ferry you.”
    Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)

    I not only rejoice, but congratulate my beloved country Texas is reannexed, and the safety, prosperity, and the greatest interest of the whole Union is secured by this ... great and important national act.
    Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)