TEE CIVILWAR
I Nation Touched with Pire
The American people and the
Government at Washington
may refuse to recognize it for
a time; but the "inexorable logic
of events" will force it upon
them in the end; that the war now
being waged in this land is az
war for and against slavery—
redérick Douglass
I'll trace these gardens o'er and o'er,
Meditate on each sweet flower,
Thinking of each happy hour,
Oh, Johnny is gone for a soldier.
Traditional lament
Fort Suxntgr4pril 12-13, 1861
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"USA
The last ray of hdpejof preserving the!niome Ceably
expired at the assault upon Fort Sumter:
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I foresee that the country will have
to pass through a terrible ordeal,
a necessary expiation, perhaps, of
our national sins.
Robert E. Lee
First Bull Run 1861
FORÉVER
Neople wh0 are anxioüs to bring on war
- don'tknowmrhatthéy are bargaining for;
-they don'tseeallzthe hifrnrsthät must?
'accompany such an event.
=ThoniasJ. Jackson
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