Black Jack Brigade

Famous quotes containing the words black, jack and/or brigade:

    “O God, oh! of thine only worthy blood,
    And my tears, make a heavenly Lethean flood,
    And drown in it my sins’ black memory.
    That thou remember them, some claim as debt;
    I think it mercy, if thou wilt forget.”
    —John Donne (1572–1631)

    “Gup, Christian Clout, gup, Jack of the Vale!
    With Mannerly Margery Milk and Ale.”
    —John Skelton (1460?–1529)

    “[John] Brough’s majority is “glorious to behold.” It is worth a big victory in the field. It is decisive as to the disposition of the people to prosecute the war to the end. My regiment and brigade were both unanimous for Brough [the Union party candidate for governor of Ohio].”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)