“Richmond has fallen - and I have no heart to write about it... They are too many for us. Everything lost in Richmond, even our archives. Blue-black is our horizon.” WritingHeartWarLostBlackHistoryBlueFallenCivil WarHorizonAmerican Civil WarArchivesRichmond Book:Mary Chesnut's Diary Source: Mary Chesnut's Diary
“We are scattered, stunned; the remnant of heart left alive is filled with brotherly hate... Whose fault? Everybody blamed somebody else. Only the dead heroes left stiff and stark on the battlefield escape.” HeartWarHateLeftHistoryAliveHeroFilledFaultsCivil WarBattlefieldsAmerican Civil WarStarksStunnedRemnantsBrotherly Author:Mary Boykin Chesnut
