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Bruce Catton

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.

“The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living … Read More

Early youth is a baffling time

“Early youth is a baffling time” Bruce Catton

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.

“Soldiers who had been in the army long enough to know … Read More

I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a great many young men on both sides felt and believed and were brave enough to do

“I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to … Read More

Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could recognize a revolutionary situation when he saw one, and he could act fast and ruthlessly to meet it.

“Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. … Read More

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.

“Beneath everything else, North and West, there ran a profound, unvoiced, … Read More

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

“The Confederate Constitution was almost identical to that of the United … Read More

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

“The 1860 election became a referendum on the southern way of … Read More

Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers – if only to become the kind of country that could no longer conceive of how that was possible.

“Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and … Read More

Men see things late, and it may be that at times an evil fate drives them on.

“Men see things late, and it may be that at times … Read More

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.

“Nathan Bedford Forrest … used his horsemen as a modern general … Read More

Shiloh had as many casualties as Waterloo, and yet there were another 20 Waterloos to come.

“Shiloh had as many casualties as Waterloo, and yet there were … Read More

Like most Rebel soldiers, Sam Watkins owned no slaves.

“Like most Rebel soldiers, Sam Watkins owned no slaves.” Bruce … Read More

History does not usually make real sense until long afterward.

“History does not usually make real sense until long afterward.” … Read More

The enduring realization that when a great challenge comes, the most ordinary people can show that they value something more than they value their own lives. When the last of the veterans had gone, and the sorrows and bitterness which the war created had at last worn away, this memory remained.

“The enduring realization that when a great challenge comes, the most … Read More

Progress is the sum of small victories won by individual human beings.

“Progress is the sum of small victories won by individual human … Read More

What a general could do, Thomas did; no more dependable soldier for a moment of crisis existed on the North American continent, or ever did exist… Thomas comes down in history as the Rock of Chickamauga, the great defensive fighter, the man who could never be driven away but who was not much on the offensive. That may be a correct appraisal, Yet it may also be worth making note that just twice in all the war was a major Confederate army driven away from a prepared position in complete rout – at Chattanooga and at Nashville. Each time the blow that routed it was launched by Thomas.

“What a general could do, Thomas did; no more dependable soldier … Read More

And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going.

“And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting … Read More

It began with one act of madness, and it ended with another. John Brown heard history’s clock strike in the night and tried to hurry dawn along with gunfire; now John Wilkes Booth heard the clock strike, and he tried with gunfire to restore the darkness. Each man stood outside the human community, directed by voices the sane do not hear, and each kept history from going logically… The line from Harper’s Ferry to Ford’s Theater is a red thread binding the immense disorder of the Civil War into an irrational sort of coherence.

“It began with one act of madness, and it ended with … Read More

What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States’ Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg in 1863, Abraham Lincoln said perhaps more than he knew. The war was about a new birth of freedom.

“What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States’ Rights, … Read More

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