Robert e lee quotes gettysburg
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Robert E. Lee’s message to his troops before the Battle of Spotsylvania,
Just after the devastating fighting in Virginia at the Battle of the Wilderness and prior to the Battle of Spotsylvania in , Confederate General Robert E. Lee drafted this inspirational message to his troops on the back of a telegram from John D. Imboden. The address reminds his soldiers of the recent victories of other Confederate forces, rallies them around their country’s cause, and imbues them with a sense of mission: "Some of our bravest officers and men have fallen, but their comrades not less brave will emulate their glorious examples." Lee made sure the men knew that they were fighting for the survival of a nation and a people, and stated that any temptation to desert the Confederate cause was also a temptation to desert one’s family, friends, and compatriots. His speech, which provided solace for those who had endured three years of death and suffering, is reminiscent of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysb
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Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (19 January &#; 12 October) was an American soldier known for commanding the ConfederateArmy of Northern Virginia (and eventually all the armies of the Confederacy as general-in-chief) in the American Civil War from until his surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in The son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, and married Mary Custis.
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[edit]- Madam, don't bring up your sons to detest the United States government. Recollect that we form one country now. Abandon all these local animosities, and make your sons Americans.
- Advice to a Confederate widow who expressed
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Notable Quotes From Robert E. Lee
Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less.
You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
It is well that war is so terrible. Otherwise, we would grow too fond of it.
A true man of honor feels humbled han själv when he cannot help humbling others.
To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to beställning the death of the thing you love.
True patriotism sometimes requires of dock 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.
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
(Regarding Northern abolitionists) These people must be aware that their object is both unlawful and foreign to them and