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2011-04-15T14:52:00.002-04:00

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Don

Forgiveness and reconciliation

2010-03-11T15:34:00.003-05:00

“Only thank God men have done learned
how to forget quick what they ain't brave enough to try to cure. ..."

Willian Faulkner character fron the novel "The Hamlet"

http://www.amazon.com/Hamlet-William-Faulkner/dp/0679736530

Quoted by Professor David Blight in lesson 26 of The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877, Open Yale Courses

Civil War Quotes

2010-02-17T15:16:00.001-05:00

"What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?"

Lincoln's Cooper Institute Address, February 27, 1860.

More thought for today's political climate.

Civil War Quotes

2010-02-03T10:51:00.001-05:00

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Abraham Lincoln

Open Yale Courses

2010-02-03T10:45:00.003-05:00

This is a great way to learn about the Civil War. The courses are free.

http://oyc.yale.edu/history/civil-war-and-reconstruction/

Civil War Quotes

2009-07-07T16:42:00.002-04:00

“Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.”

Ulysses S. Grant

Civil War Quotes

2009-07-07T16:39:00.004-04:00

"You can have anything you want - if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, have anything you desire, accomplish anything you set out to accomplish - if you will hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. "

Robert E. Lee

Civil War Quotes

2009-03-23T13:35:00.001-04:00

"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference."

The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln: Six Months at the White House by Francis B. Carpenter (Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 1995), pp. 258-259.

More advice for our new President.

Civil War Quotes

2009-01-21T12:12:00.002-05:00

"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865.

Stong words that I hope our new president will follow.
DRH

Civil War Quotes

2009-01-16T17:09:00.003-05:00

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

U. S. Grant

Civil War Quotes

2008-11-21T11:41:00.001-05:00

"I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal."

Abraham Lincoln

"Speech at Chicago, Illinois" (July 10, 1858)

Civil War Quotes

2008-10-08T17:49:00.001-04:00

You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.

Robert E. Lee

Too bad that today's politicians don't follow this.

Civil War Quotes

2008-09-08T10:06:00.000-04:00

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Civil War Quotes

2008-03-05T09:07:00.003-05:00

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Hum!!!

Civil War Quotes

2008-02-25T13:01:00.000-05:00

What is life without honor? Degradation is worse than death.

Stonewall Jackson

Civil War Quotes

2007-12-29T13:02:00.000-05:00

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

A great though for the end of the year!!!!!

Civil War Quotes

2007-12-05T15:50:00.000-05:00

With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the Army, and save in defense of my native State, with the sincere hope that my poor services may never be needed, I hope I may never be called on to draw my sword...

Robert E. Lee

Civil War Quotes

2007-12-03T17:24:00.000-05:00

"In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend it'."

Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861.

Civil War Quotes

2007-11-30T14:25:00.000-05:00

“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.”

William Tecumseh Sherman

Civil War Quotes

2007-11-26T11:19:00.000-05:00

It is well that war is so terrible -- lest we should grow too fond of it.

Robert E. Lee

Civil War Quotes

2007-11-20T10:57:00.000-05:00

“In our Country . . . one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.”

William Tecumseh Sherman
"It seems that things rarely change."
Don Hogan

Civil War Quotes

2007-11-19T10:44:00.000-05:00

Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit. Never fight against heavy odds if you can hurl your own force on only a part of your enemy and crush it. A small army may thus destroy a large one, and repeated victory will make you invincible.

Stonewall Jackson

Civil War Quotes

2007-11-18T10:22:00.000-05:00

“If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.”

Jefferson Davis

Civil War Quotes

2007-11-16T15:02:00.000-05:00

"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it."

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Civil War Quotes

2007-11-15T08:29:00.001-05:00

[W]e made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers.

Robert E. Lee

Civil War Quotes

2007-11-14T09:43:00.000-05:00

"Put 'Faithful and Honorable; faithful and honorable!"

William T. Sherman, 1891, in response to his daughter when, on his deathbed, she asked him about the inscription he wished to have on his monument.

Civil War Quotes

2007-11-13T20:39:00.000-05:00

"Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace."

Ulysses S. Grant

Civil War Quotes

2007-11-11T14:01:00.000-05:00

"I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers."

“War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.”

William Tecumseh Sherman

Marker updates

2007-10-11T17:32:00.000-04:00

Don,
As I may have indicated in the past, I plan to devote a lot of time this year updating my marker and courthouse websites. Thanks for keeping me informed on what you're doing.On Monday, I met with some people from the Georgia Department of Economic Development. They indicated that planning was beginning to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War (2011-15). They think that there will be a lot of interest in historical markers. In fact, they are going to be seeking funding from the General Assembly to take responsibility for the historical markers related to the Civil War. As you know, no one currently is doing anything to maintain, repair, repaint, and replace markers. So, this is welcome news.Ed

Don Hogan ((Bellsouth)) wrote:I continue to update the markers page. Here are the latest additions.
http://www.civilwarmarkers.com/Civil%20War/updates.htm

Missing markers

2007-10-11T17:28:00.000-04:00

From Edwin L. Jackson, at UGA

Don, I read in the newspaper that they are trying to put money into DNR's budget to reopen the marker repair shop. In addition to missing markers, there are many that are in need of repair or repainting and are in a variety of DNR facilities (e.g., state park storage sheds). It's been shameful what has happened to our marker program, so maybe something will finally be done.Ed

Georgia Civil War Markers

2007-10-01T19:11:00.000-04:00

Don Hogan is retired and lives in Sandy Springs, GA. His hobbies are tennis, the Civil War, and hunting waterfalls. Don is a contributor to CivilWarAlbum.com and the Historical Marker Database.

CivilWarAlbum.com is a wonderful site with over 2000 pages and 5500 photographs. Anyone who runs across CivilWarMarkers.com really needs to visit CivilWarAlbum.com.
Of the 950 Civil War Markers in Georgia, Don has photographed in excess of 400 of the markers in the greater Atlanta area. His goal is to continue to add to his collection of photographs but unlike other marker hunters he does not intend to track them all down!
In addition to his hunt for markers Don has visited numerous Civil War locations.

http://www.civilwarmarkers.com/

Check them out!