Black Jack Brigade

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

    “(The black stream, catching on a sunken rock,
    Flung backward on itself in one white wave,
    And the white water rode the black forever.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “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)