“It's been my dream to be in a Western, and to be able to wear the clothes, have a big gun, wear a big hat, have a big horse, and be a take-no-prisoners lady in the Civil War era.” WarDreamBigsAbleClothesGunHorseWesternErasCivil WarHatsPrisoner Author:Lauren Ambrose
“Nathan Bedford Forrest ... used his horsemen as a modern general would use motorized infantry. He liked horses because he liked fast movement, and his mounted men could get from here to there much faster than any infantry could; but when they reached the field they usually tied their horses to trees and fought on foot, and they were as good as the very best infantry. Not for nothing did Forrest say the essence of strategy was to git thar fust with the most men.” MenWarUseUsedHistoryTreeFeetModernMovementFieldsEssenceHorseStrategyFasterCivil WarTiedAmerican Civil WarHorsemenInfantry Book:American Heritage History of the Civil War Source: American Heritage History of the Civil War
“The pageant has passed. That day is over. But we linger, loath to think we shall see them no more together - these men, these horses, these colors afield.” ThinkingMenWarTogetherHistoryColorHorseCivil WarAmerican Civil WarPageant Author:Joshua Chamberlain
“My father was only born something like 30 years after the Civil War ended, 35 or 40. He was born closer to that than the era in which he died. He was born in 1891, no television, no phones, barely any electricity. He wrote a book to all of us that was really just a compilation of the letters that he had written over the years to my grandmother when they were courting, in the horse and buggy era. Everybody said, "When did you have time to do this?" Relating their own lives to his. He said, "What do you mean, when did I have time? This is all we did." There was no TV, none of that.” MeanBookWarFatherHorseCivil WarGrandmotherElectricityMy Grandmother Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses, Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the Battle of Antietam that fatigues anything?” WarDoneBattleHorseArmyAskingCivil WarFatiguePardonAmerican Civil WarPardon Me Author:Abraham Lincoln
“He walked with long, ungraceful strides, enormous feet adding to the spectacle, and he sat a horse as if leaning into a strong wind.” IfsLongWarStrongHistoryFeetWindHorseEnormousSatCivil WarAmerican Civil WarStrideStrong Winds Author:James I. Robertson, Jr.
“I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that "it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams."” MenCountryStoriesPoliticalConnectionsHorseElectionGentlemanStreamsCivil WarCompanionFarmersCrossingsDutchElection DayI Am The Best Author:Abraham Lincoln
“I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses.” I CanWarHorseCivil War Author:Abraham Lincoln
“Tonight we water our horses in the Tennessee River.” WarWaterRiversHorseCivil WarTonightTennessee Author:Albert Sidney Johnston