Grant and Lee made certain one hundred and sixty-one years ago that our Civil War was not the start of an endless cycle of civil wars. All Americans are eternally in their debt. May the fools and knaves of today not undo their work.
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Indeed.
With apologies to Douglas Adams, In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women..
At the top, President Lincoln wanted to save the Union, the United States of America.