North and South, Book II: Love and War

North and South, Book II: Love and War is an American television miniseries set during the American Civil War and broadcast on the ABC network in 1986. Along with an earlier series in 1985 and a later series in 1994 (set before and after the civil war), they are based on the 1980s trilogy of novels North and South by John Jakes. The 1985 first installment, North and South, remains the seventh-highest rated miniseries in TV history. This series, Book II: Love and War (1986) was met with similar success, while Book III: Heaven and Hell (1994) was poorly received by both critics and audiences.

Quotes

 * Ulysses S. Grant: You know I can't abide curse-words, but this time I'm going to use one because I am damn tired of hearing what Lee's going to do to us! Start thinking about what we're doing to do to him. Some of you think he's about to turn a double somersault and land in our rear and on both flanks at the same time.


 * Ulysses S. Grant: I have never been in a fight where the situation wasn't desperate at one point, colonel.


 * Ulysses S. Grant: We have taken our last backwards step.


 * Ulysses S. Grant: If we don't admit defeat, we're not defeated.


 * Ulysses S. Grant: Mister Crawford, nobody is more sick of this war than I am. That's why we're moving south, to end it as quickly as possible. Lincoln said at Gettysburg we must preserve this nation so a government of the people won't perish, but you newspaper boys never pay much attention to that, did you?


 * Ulysses S. Grant: The reporter's right; people are tired of war. If we don't destroy Lee's army? Lincoln could be defeated in November, and the Union? Gone forever. Only unconditional surrender will give us a lasting peace.


 * Ulysses S. Grant: I'm not near the drinker some people would like to believe.