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Like most Rebel soldiers, Sam Watkins owned no slaves.

Like most Rebel soldiers, Sam Watkins owned no slaves.

Bruce Catton
War, History, Soldier

Beneath everything else, North and West, there ran a profound, unvoiced, almost subconscious conviction that the [American] nation was going to go on growing-in size, in power, in everything a man could think of-and in that belief there was a might and a fury that would take form instantly at the moment of shock.

Bruce Catton
Destiny, Men, Thinking

The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you.

Bruce Catton
Morning, Nice, Interesting
Bruce Catton (1987). “Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood”, p.39, Wayne State University Press

The 1860 election became a referendum on the southern way of life.

Bruce Catton
War, History, Southern

The Confederate Constitution was almost identical to that of the United States.

Bruce Catton
War, History, United States

Early youth is a baffling time

Bruce Catton
Youth
Bruce Catton (1987). “Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood”, p.39, Wayne State University Press

Soldiers who had been in the army long enough to know what a bloody swindle war really is would begin to feel that army life was really kind of fun, as long as [General Philip] Sheridan was up front.

Bruce Catton
Fun, War, Army

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