David Bailey

“The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.”
― Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

“The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads.”
― Shelby Foote, The Civil War: A Narrative

“We can't choose our blood, but we can choose those who run importance in our lives.”
― Alina Baker

“The story of the American Civil War is essentially one of human beings––Northerners, Southerners, Blacks, Whites, men, women–– holding themselves accountable for the future of a nation.”
― Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry