Civil War Officer

Famous quotes containing the words civil war, civil, war and/or officer:

    “Colonel Shaw
    and his bell-cheeked Negro infantry
    on St. Gaudens shaking Civil War relief,
    propped by a plank splint against the garage’s earthquake.”
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)

    “Come, civil night,
    Thou sober-suited matron all in black.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbours, causeth a war to follow between Princes.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    “There was something so free and self-contained about him, something in the young fellow’s movements, that made that officer aware of him. And this irritated the Prussian. He did not choose to be touched into life by his servant.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)