He was an artist through and through, possessing a sweet nor yet an uncultivated voice--a blend between a low tenor and a high baritone--I was almost about to write a "contralto," it was so soft and liquid.

Its tones in speech retained to the last their charm.

Who that heard them shall ever forget them?
Early in 1861 my friend Jefferson came to me and said: "There is going to be a war of the sections.

I am not a warrior.

I am neither a Northerner nor a Southerner.