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 Confederate
Quotes
Words of Wisdom
from Confederate Officers & Soldiers
and Other Southern Gentlemen
"The chance reading
of a book or of a paragraph in a newspaper can start a man on a
new track and make him renounce his old associations and seek new
ones … and the result,
for that man, can be an entire change of his way of life." —Mark Twain
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INDEX TO
QUOTES
Click the person's name to start at the beginning
of his quotes, or click an individual quote to go directly to
it.
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Listen to the famous Rebel Yell
performed by actual veterans.(1) |
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BUTLER, Matthew Cailbraith,
Gen.
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"…
trend of political power …" |
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CLEBURNE, Patrick, Gen.
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"Surrender means …
history … will be written by the enemy …"
"If this cause … is doomed to fail … "
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DAVIS, Jefferson, Pres.
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"… State sovereignty, the
right … to secede"
"Nullification and secession
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"… all men are created equal
… equality of the races"
"… consent of the
governed …"
"… hope to avoid war …"
"… system of
government …"
"… principles
of our revolutionary fathers."
"… no act on our part
to impair personal liberty …"
"… respect no law but their
own will."
"… peaceful separation
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"… a people resolved to
be free …"
"The contest is not over
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FORREST, Nathan Bedford, Gen.
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"… Constitution … opposing
… revolutionists who are trying to destroy it. …"
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HAGOOD, Johnson, Gen.
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"The time has not come …"
"… the maddening excitement of the charge, the sullen
anger of defeat — the thrilling triumph of victory
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"absence of 'fuss and
feathers'" (describing Gen. Lee)
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HAMPTON, Wade, Gen.
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"… my
war record …" |
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JACKSON, Thomas J. "Stonewall",
Gen.
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"… if
this Valley is lost, Virginia is lost." |
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LEE, Robert E.,
Gen.
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"We … cannot be
conquered."
"… citizens defending their
country."
"If I had taken General
Longstreet's advice …"
"… sacred principles to
maintain and rights to defend …"
"… better to do right
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"Do your duty. …"
"… farewell."
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RION, James H.,Col.
6th Regt. S.C.V. Infantry |
"The Regiment which I have the honor to
command was raised for the defence of South Carolina; but the same
spirit of patriotism which actuated the members of this Regiment to
volunteer in defence of their State, has caused them to authorize
me to tender their services in defence of our common country, the
Confederate States, …"
[in letter to Pres. Davis, Mar. 20, 1861] |
| WILSON, Maj. R.E. |
"If I ever disown, repudiate, or apologize
for the Cause for which Lee fought and Jackson died, let the lightnings of
Heaven rend me, and the scorn of all good men and true women be my portion.
Sun, Moon, Stars, all fall on me when I cease to love the Confederacy.
'Tis the cause, not the fate of the Cause, that is glorious!" |