Dr. Boykin and John Witherspoon were talking of a nation in
mourning, of blood poured out like rain on the battle-fields—for what? “Never
let me hear that the blood of the brave has been shed in vain! No; it sends a
cry down through all time.”
SOURCES: Mary Boykin Chesnut, Edited by Isabella D. Martin and
Myrta Lockett Avary, A Diary From Dixie, p. 404
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