In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable. Knute Nelson Read Quote
You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong. Knute Nelson Read Quote
But it is neither cannon nor bayonet that will do the worst damage to this city. No, this place will remember the war against our government just as long as there are inhabitants here. Knute Nelson Read Quote
Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired for this purpose, and the farmers and planters are to pay the Taxes in support of this. Knute Nelson Read Quote
I would prefer being in a hard battle; however, I will be satisfied with whatever happens to me in this war, if only the country comes out of this peril safe and to the satisfaction of the finest and best government on earth. Knute Nelson Read Quote
It is with this as with religion: one usually believes what he has been taught. Knute Nelson Read Quote
We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river. Knute Nelson Read Quote
Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie. Knute Nelson Read Quote
