Five famous quotes said during the Civil War.

By: Roman Caragiulo

5 Famous Quotes.

Quote #1"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.“--- Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

What is means: It means that your own plan to success and winning is more important than any other thing.

Quote:"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.“

Quote #2"Gen. Grant habitually wears an expression as if he had determined to drive his head through a brick wall and was about to do it." --- A Union soldier

Union hat.

Quote:"Gen. Grant habitually wears an expression as if he had determined to

drive his head through a brick wall and was about to do it."

What is means: It means that General Grant always has an expression that shows he was really angry and couldn’t control his temper.

Quote #3America has no north, no south, no east, no west. The sun rises over the hills and sets over the mountains, the compass just points up and down, and we can laugh now at the absurd notion of there being a north and a south. We are one and undivided.“--- Sam Watkins

Sam Watkins

Quote:America has no north, no south, no east, no west. The sun rises over the hills and sets

over the mountains, the compass just points up and down, and we can laugh now at the absurd notion of there being a north and a south. We are one and undivided.“

What it means: It means that America has no confederacy, but we are one whole country.

Quote #4

(After the death of Abraham Lincoln...)On the Avenue in front of the White House were several hundred colored people, mostly women and children, weeping and wailing their loss. This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them, the hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else. ---Gideon Welles

Gideon Welles

On the Avenue in front of the White House were several hundred colored people, mostly women and children, weeping and wailing their loss. This

crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them, the

hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else.

Quote:

What it means: It means that a tons and tons of colored people are crying and sobbing at the death of Abraham Lincoln, they are crying because he was the man that freed them all so they are respecting him for setting them free.

Quote #5"My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.“---Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Quote: My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it

What it means: It means that his father taught him to work, but he never said work was fun.

Bibliography

https://www.google.com/#q=abraham+lincoln+pictures

https://www.wikipedia.org/

http://civilwarstory.nstemp.com/links/civil-war-quotes.html

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