Carolina Quotes
My dear friends! do we understand the meaning of war? Do we know or think of that war of '61? No, we do not, only those brave soldiers, and those who had occasion to be in it, can realize what it was. I can and shall never forget that terrible war until my eyes close in death. The scenes are just as fresh in my mind to-day as in '61.
Susie King Taylor Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S. C. Volunteers (Boston, 1902); Documenting the American South, UNC-Chapel Hill
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- Reminiscences of My Life in Camp
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- 1902
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“My dear friends! do we understand the meaning of war? Do we …” Susie King Taylor. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-771F00E3C5. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/771f00e3c5
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