"Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by
the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; will
learn from Northern school books their version of the War; will be impressed
by all the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as
traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for
derision."
- General Patrick Cleburne, CSA
"If this cause that is so dear to my heart is doomed to fail, I
pray heaven may let me fall with it, while my face is toward the enemy and my arm battling
for that which I know to be right."
- Major General Patrick Cleburne, CSA, Killed in Battle of Franklin