The Civil War A Book of Quotations

"Talk! talk! talk! That will never free the slaves. What is needed is action--action!"--Abolitionist John Brown"There is Jackson standing like a stone wall! Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer."--Confederate General Barnard E. BeeMore than 700 quotations provide a running narrative by the many who lived through or died in the Civil War. The voices of the great and famous, the ordinary and the unknown, resound in these pages. Arranged chronologically and divided into sections on specific topics and events, this well-researched volume puts a human face on history and provides a unique perspective on the Civil War and its times. Notes. Index of Authors.

Bob Blaisdell is the editor of several successful Dover anthologies, including Elizabethan Poetry, Famous Documents and Speeches of the Civil War, and The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln.