Black Jack Brigade

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

    “Stars, hide your fires;
    Let not light see my black and deep desires!
    The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be
    Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “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)