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Sponsor |  fredbear | Mar 14, 2006 7:39am |
We feel that our cause is just and holy; we protest solemnly in the face of mankind that we desire peace at any sacrifice save that of honor and independence; we seek no conquest, no aggrandizement, no concession of any kind from the States with which we were lately confederated; all we ask is to be let alone; that those who never held power over us shall not now attempt our subjugation by arms. This we will, this we must, resist to the direst extremity.
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Davis's Message on Ratification of the
Constitution to the Confederate Congress
April 29, 1861
civilwartalk.com/cwt_alt/resources/documents/davis_msg_ratification.htm [civilwartalk.com/cwt_alt/resources/documents/davis_msg_ratification.htm]
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Sponsor | | Mustang-Kev | Mar 14, 2006 8:12am | 
sewanee.edu/faculty/Willis/Civil_War/index.html [sewanee.edu/faculty/Willis/Civil_War/index.html]
Robert E. Lee,
Farewell to The Army of Northern Virginia
Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia
Appomattox Courthuse, April 10, 1865
(General Orders No. 9)
After four years' arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
I need not tell the survivors of so many hard fought battles who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them, but feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss which would have attended the continuation of the contest, I have determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God may extend to you His blessing and protection. With an increasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous consideration of myself, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Robert E. Lee
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Sponsor | | Ogmin | Nov 2, 2006 10:23am | "If I desired to kill the Senator, why did not I do it? You all admit that I had him in my power. Let me tell the member from New Jersey that it was expressly to avoid taking life that I used an ordinary cane, presented to me by a friend in Baltimore, nearly three months before its application to the " bare head " of the Massachusetts Senator. I went to work very deliberately, as I am charged and this is admitted and speculated somewhat as to whether I should employ a horsewhip or a cowhide; but knowing that the Senator was my superior in strength, it occurred to me that he might wrest it from my hand, and then, for I never attempt any thing I do not perform, I might have been compelled to do that which I would have regretted the balance of my natural life."
Preston Brooks |
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Sponsor | | fredbear | May 16, 9:44am | "The inspiration of a noble cause involving human interest wide and far, enables men to do things they did not dream themselves capable of before, and which they were not capable of alone. The consciousness of belonging, vitally, to something beyond individuality, of being part of a personality that reaches we know not where, in space and time, greatens the heart TO THE LIMITS OF THE SOUL'S IDEAL'. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
joshua.lurker00.com [joshua.lurker00.com] |
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Sponsor | | fredbear | May 31, 9:00am |
"General" I remarked, "How is it that you can keep so cool and appear so utterly insensible to danger in such a storm of shell and bullets as rained about you when your hand was hit?" He instantly became grave and reverential in his manner, and answered, in a low tone of great earnestness: "Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me." He added, after a pause, looking me full in the face: "That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave"
Lt. General Thomas Jackson speaking to then Captain John D. Imboden,
Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War.
americancivilwar.com/south/stonewall_jackson.html [americancivilwar.com/south/stonewall_jackson.html]
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