Yet There Is A Dignity In The

Beneath Everything Else, North And West, There Ran A Profound, Unvoiced, Almost Subconscious Conviction That The [american] Nation Was Going To Go On Growing-in Size, In Power, In Everything A Man Could Think Of-and In That Belief There Was A Might And A Fury That Would Take Form Instantly At The Moment Of Shock.

Like Most Rebel Soldiers, Sam Watkins Owned No Slaves.

Nathan Bedford Forrest ... Used His Horsemen As A Modern General Would Use Motorized Infantry. He Liked Horses Because He Liked Fast Movement, And His Mounted Men Could Get From Here To There Much Faster Than Any Infantry Could; But When They Reached The Field They Usually Tied Their Horses To Trees And Fought On Foot, And They Were As Good As The Very Best Infantry. Not For Nothing Did Forrest Say The Essence Of Strategy Was To Git Thar Fust With The Most Men.

I Think I Was Always Subconsciously Driven By An Attempt To Restate That Faith And To Show Where It Was Properly Grounded, How It Grew Out Of What A Great Many Young Men On Both Sides Felt And Believed And Were Brave Enough To Do

Our American Heritage Is Greater Than Any One Of Us. It Can Express Itself In Very Homely Truths; In The End It Can Lift Up Our Eyes Beyond The Glow In The Sunset Skies.