Robert E. Lee Bookmark

Front:
Robert Edward Lee, General, Confederate States of America, January 19, 1807, October 12, 1870

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“All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally organized, should be administered in truth and purity.” ~ R.E. Lee

Front:
Robert Edward Lee, General, Confederate States of America, January 19, 1807, October 12, 1870

Back:
“All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally organized, should be administered in truth and purity.” ~ R.E. Lee

“If we were wrong in our contest, then the Declaration of Independence of 1776 was a grave mistake and the revolution to which it led was a crime. If Washington was a patriot; Lee could not have been a Rebel.” ~ Wade Hampton, Lt. Gen., CS

“In Lee the South sees character…Success could not dim it. Public adulation could not tarnish it. Defeat could only test it. For character is invincible.” ~ Douglas Southall Freeman