Pray excuse me. I cannot take it.
At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.
Lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly to be wished—a reunited country.
Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.
A restitution of the Union has been rendered forever impossible.
Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctified by its justice, and sustained by a virtuous people .