This is a dreadful war, to make even the hearts of women so bitter! I hardly know myself these last few weeks. I, who have such a horror of bloodshed, consider even killing in self-defense murder, who cannot wish them the slightest evil, whose only prayer... A Confederate Girl's Diary - Page 24by Sarah Morgan Dawson - 1913 - 439 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sarah Morgan Dawson - Biography & Autobiography - 1992 - 693 pages
...the man who dares attempt it — well! a pistol in my pocket will f1ll up the gap. I am capable, too. This is a dreadful war to make even the hearts of...such a horror of bloodshed, consider even killing in self defense murder, who cannot wish them the slightest evil, whose only prayer is to have them sent... | |
| Edward L. Ayers, Bradley C. Mittendorf - American literature - 1997 - 608 pages
...the man who dares attempt it — well! a pistol in my pocket will fill up the gap. I am capable, too. This is a dreadful war to make even the hearts of...such a horror of bloodshed, consider even killing in self defense murder, who cannot wish them the slightest evil, whose only prayer is to have them sent... | |
| Giselle Roberts - History - 2003 - 264 pages
...later, she was shocked by her transformation from a genteel young lady into a bloodthirsty Confederate. "I, who have such a horror of bloodshed, consider even killing in self defense murder, who cannot wish them the slightest evil, whose only prayer is to have them sent... | |
| Sarah Morgan Dawson, Francis Warrington Dawson - History - 2004 - 352 pages
...Sarah was perturbed by her transformation from a genteel young lady into a bloodthirsty Confederate. "I, who have such a horror of bloodshed, consider even killing in self defense murder, who cannot wish them the slightest evil, whose only prayer is to have them sent... | |
| Anya Jabour - Social Science - 2009 - 384 pages
...Yankees even more than they abhorred violence. "This is a dreadful war," she reflected in May 1862, "to make even the hearts of women so bitter! I hardly...such a horror of bloodshed, consider even killing in self defense murder, who cannot wish them the slightest evil, whose only prayer is to have them sent... | |
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