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“My arm extended upward in pleading for peace and the Union of our Fathers... When my hand came down from that impassioned gesticulation, it fell slowly and sadly by the side of a Secessionist.”

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Zebulon Baird Vance

Zebulon Baird Vance was an American military officer born on May 13, 1830, and died on April 14, 1894. He served as a general in North Carolina during the Civil War and later became a political leader in the state. more

“In Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself acknowledged that only 20% of the destruction inflicted by his invasion was inflicted on military objectives. Civilian non-combatants, essentially innocents, suffered 80% of the losses.”

War Home Left Loss Military Destruction Killing Soldier Objectives Burning Civil War March Destroying Civilians Invasion Crops Georgia

Author:John Pugsley

“[The South] is ****ed for its virtues and praised for its faults, and there are those who wish its annihilation. But most revealing of all is the fear that it gestates the revolutionary impulse of our future.”

War Wish Virtue Faults South Impulse Revolutionary Civil War Our Future Revealing Annihilation

Author:Richard M. Weaver

“And just think, fellow Southrons, what kind of a Confederate nation we could have, if after independence, politicians abandoned equivocation and spoke honestly and firmly on all issues? If they were to do their duty to God, nation, and people, there would be virtually no need for any form of federal litigation.”

People Ifs Thinking Needs Kind War Would Be Form Nations Issues Duty Politician Fellows Independence Honestly Civil War Spokes Abandoned Confederate Duty To God

Author:Charley Reese

“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.”

Source: How to stop worrying & start living

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