Black Jack Brigade

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

    A boy not beautiful, nor good, nor clever,
    A black cloud full of storms too hot for keeping,
    A sword beneath his mother’s heart— yet never
    Woman bewept her babe as this is weeping.
    John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

    This is the maiden all forlorn
    That milked the cow with the crumpled horn
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 22–23)

    [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)