"The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things. It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads." -Shelby Foote
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” — René Descartes
"The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things. It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads." -Shelby Foote