[Twodees]

Good morning, ma'am. One of the things General Lee said toward the end of his life was striking. He confided that, had he known the use the radicals would make of their victory, he would not have surrendered.

"The war was a conflict over grammar - whether the proper grammar was "the united States are" or "the United States is"."

Basil Gildersleeve

[LadyJD]

A BUMP FOR THE 260,000 WHO DARED AND DIED.

"The veteran Confederate soldier was a typical gentleman. He was gentle as a lamb, brave as a lion and as ferocious as a tiger when aroused. He was as proud as Lucifer, as retiring as a woman and withal a hero on the field of battle. He knelt to no God but high heaven. He asked no friend but his sword." —Col. John P. Hickman, CSA