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- GLC#
- GLC05869
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 4 December 1863
- Author/Creator
- Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
- Title
- [Quotation by General Banks]
- Place Written
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
"The sweetest solace that a soldier can receive is to know that the women of his country appreciate his sacrifices, and surrender their hours of leisure and luxury to his care and comfort. The voice of Christian kindness and of love stirs the blood of a warrior like the sound of cannon."
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