Famous Quotes From The American Civil War
The civil war was a time where many now historic quotes and speeches were made. Here are some of the most famous quotes from the American Civil War:
“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal … We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”- Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on 11/19/1863.
“We may be annihilated, but we cannot be conquered.”- General Albert Sidney Johnston while accepting his command rank in August of 1861.
“Press on, press on, men.” – Stonewall Jackson
“War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over” – Union General William T. Sherman before beginning the March to the Sea
“The dead covered more than five acres of ground about as thickly as they could be laid.”
- Confederate soldier on the dead bodies of Union soldiers, 1864.Still bored? Click to continue: Youngest Spy!