"My father was a South Carolina nullifier, governor of the state at the time of the nullification row, and then U.S. s…"

"I was a seceder, but I dreaded the future. I bore in mind Pugh's letter, his description of what he saw in Mexico whe…"

"I have seen a negro woman sold on the block at auction. She overtopped the crowd. I was walking and felt faint, seasi…"

"God forgive us, but ours is a monstrous system, a wrong and an iniquity! Like the patriarchs of old, our men live all…"

"And all the time they seem to think themselves patterns — models of husbands and fathers."

"I do not pretend to go to sleep. How can I? If Anderson does not accept terms—at four—the orders are—he shall be fire…"

"Not by one word or look can we detect any change in the demeanor of these negro servants. Laurence sits at our door, …"

"Our battle [summer]]. May it be our first and our last. So-called. After all, we have not had any of the horrors of war."

"Every day regiments pass by. The town is crowded with soldiers. These new ones are running in, fairly. They fear the …"

"Woe to those who began this war, if they were not in bitter earnest."