No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

Ulysses S. Grant

Note sent to a Confederate general during the Civil War.

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Topic

American Civil War

Author

Ulysses S. Grant

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

Occupation

American President National leader Civil War general General Military officer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Grant, Ulysses Simpson. Note to General S. B. Buckner. 16 Feb. 1862.

Current Citation

Grant, Ulysses Simpson. Quoted in The Generals' Civil War: What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today, written by Stephen Cushman. UNC Press Books, 2021.

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Another quote from the 1860s

Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.

George Perkins Marsh

Man and Nature

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Topic
Man and nature Environmental destruction

Author

George Perkins Marsh
Source
Man and Nature
Language
English
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Marsh, George Perkins. Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. New York: Charles Scribner, 1864, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Marsh, George Perkins. Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. Dover Publications, 2021, ch. 1.

Another quote from 1862

The destiny of the colored American…is the destiny of America.

Frederick Douglass

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Topic
Black Americans Race in America America
Speaker
Frederick Douglass
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "The Future of the Negro People of the Slave States." Emancipation League meeting. 12 Feb. 1862, Tremont Temple, Boston, MA, USA.