Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state
The devil's name is dullness.
Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances
We must look to the rising generation for the restoration of the country.
Lee tells his troops. After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them the desire to do right is precisely the same.