In the raging storm of fire and blood, in the fierce torrent of shot and shell, of sword and bayonet, whether on foot or on horse, unflinching courage marked the rebel not less than the loyal soldier.
Speaking at a memorial, Douglass acknowledges the shared courage displayed by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
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We (the people of the North) are a charitable people, and in the excess of this feeling we were disposed to put the very best construction upon the strange behavior of our southern brethren.
The good to be sought and the evil to be shunned were flung in the balance and weighed against each other.