I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.

Jason smiled. The sound of wings was louder now, the fluttering of angels come to carry him home.

To a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war.

To make matters worse, Jackson placed great value on regurgitating every last detail of the assigned texts. When, in response to Jackson's question 'What are the three simple machines?' a cadet answered, 'The inclined plane, the lever, and the wheel,' Jackson replied, 'No, sir. The lever, the wheel, and the inclined plane.

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The ground had opened up and spit out hell, Nell thought, and the detritus was Shiloh.

JAKE BAKER JOINING THE UNION ARMY IN NEW ORLEANS'I'd prefer to be back in Texas, taking aim at the Rebs..., but I just can't do that,' said Jake. ...'So, I'll just do what I can do, I guess.'I suspect that goes for all of us,' said the Colonel. 'Maybe we should make that the unit's motto. 'The First Texas Cavalry of the United States of America: We'll just do what we can do, we guess.' It does have a ring to it, but I expect that we need somethin' a bit more inspirational and less true.

While adoration periodically crept into the relationships between slaves and overseers, their most unsavory interactions provided the inexplicable narrative for a dark period in American history.

He was wearing a little bag of “Mojo” around his neck.

I believe love is like war: we only know how it starts, and nobody knows how it will end.