Wednesday, May 18, 2011

A Soldier Fit to Follow Lee

General Robert E. Lee.  This photograph was taken just days after his surrender at Appomattox by the famous Matthew Brady behind General Lee's home in Richmond, VA.

“O glorious flag, O righteous cause,

O glorious struggle to be free,

O glorious sleeper, thou hast proved,

A soldier fit to follow Lee.

Gravestone inscription in Fayetteville, North Carolina’s Cross Creek Cemetery.

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