USPS® Issues The Civil War: 1864 Forever® Stamp Souvenir Sheet: 
Petersburg Campaign and Battle of Mobile Bay.

THE CIVIL WAR 1864 A Nation Touched with Fire

...it was a sight that is seldom seen to gaze upon the dead bodies of the enemy and 
to hear the cries for assistance and water...it was enough to break the heart of the most hardened .... 
Jeremiah Tate, 5th Alabama 

...the Tecumseh reeled a little to starboard, her bow settled beneath the surface...her stern lifted high in the air...and the ship pitched out of sight like an arrow twanged from the bow. 
Harrie Webster, USS Manhattan 

You cannot make soldiers of slaves, nor slaves of soldiers....The day you make soldiers of them is the beginning of the end of the revolution. 
Howell Cobb, 16th Georgia 

Some of these mornings bright and fair Take my wings and cleave the air Pharaoh's army got drowned o Mary, don't you weep • 
Negro Spiritual 

I have given the subject of arming the negro my hearty support...by arming 
the negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers. 
Ulysses S. Grant 

On Sale Nationwide: July 30, 2014. 
Chicago History Museum, ICHi-07774