Thursday, June 20, 2013

July 5, 1862---"A higher moral ground."



JULY 5, 1862:              

Abby Howland Woolsey, a New York woman, reflects on the recent defeats in the Seven Days’ Battles. She writes to her sister Eliza:

“…I have no question that this and all other defeats are intended to drive us, as a nation, to a higher moral ground in the conduct and purpose of this war. As things stand, the South is fighting to maintain slavery, and the North is trying to fight so as not to put it down. When this policy ceases, perhaps we shall begin to have victory...” 


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