The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-07-17

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gifted son OF Tend
oaee said that our
lb!lloWed with tie graydS4e
comrades" 1t is not the fact tkat
they We're licked that counts br
how did they fight, o. why; it is not
the fact that they al tat counts;
but only how did theA iea Did they
die with their backs to the field aad
their feet to the foc2" Let the bs.t-
tered remnants Of those who were
with them answer yes
But there were aees Of devotion. Of
self-sacrifice. that reach out ana
beyond human imagination; Eecarse,
they are blazoned on marble or ex-
toIled in history During those foar
years Of strife there we,e those at
the spinning wheel, more patient,
more heroic than the Peerless Lee at
the loom, those braver than q Store
wall Jackson, plying the needle by
the midnight fire, with salt tears silent
~ falling upon the rough garments,
for the boys at the front, a more no
bic devotion to the caGse they be-
lieyed 70 be just, than a Johnson at
kenneaas o. q e,0sdelalte nlaI os
the l2th Of May, they we're dghtng
4 poverty and toll, with no hlare of
trumpets or the terrible grandeur of
battle, nc Rebel yell, no Inspiring
/ strains of Dixie TO cheer them o.;
but unaided ard alone they We .
fighting "the brayest battle that ever
was fought
love my mother state her mo@n-
tain rills, her babbling brooks, which
+ 20 ever onward TO make her mighty
rivers, TO be lost in unknown ses !,
her red clay hills, her pine elad
/ plains, her sea sirt isles, where t6a
bright waves in ceaseless beauty IN
ron her soft summer winds, freigh. d
with the sweet incense CT far q fl
tgcpie flowers; yet more than al
these dc honor ana revere, aya,
thrice honor that noble womauhcod
WHO stood by dosolated homes, amiGat
Sherman's swath from mountain 10
sea, and dared wave the Confederate
flag and taught their children, IN
childish treble, to sing III live and
die in Dixie
When ON that fateful day in April
1865 the curtain slowly descended on
the greatest war drama OF modern
Etimes, when that greatest OF chief
tstiffii Robert 2ceA3cfFtt Z T. Lee, isst.ed his ast
order number nine. to the remnant
OF his followers, wherein he said:
latter four years o. arduous service,
marked by unsurpassed courage and
f0rtitude the army OF Northern Nir-
ginia has been compelled to yield to
Overwhelming numbers and resources,
| need not tell the brave survive -s
of so many hard fought battles who
have remained steadfast to the last,
II have consented to this result frcm
no distrust of them. And his last
words ia that order bfeathes the in
AAQiration OF all that is grand in the
AraCter Of man. With an increasing
Riniration Of your constancy and
81 devotion to your country and a
ful remembrance Of your kind
Senerous consideration to myself,
op all an affectionate farewell"
t order was read ard the
end cme there were no saIvos
= q = from the victors; no vic
~ ->'u9 no sound was heard
NV = l4lE ~t5sz4sy tita 1a1ftQ tsra. o.r
were stacA - l..t t. p.'sI ~
the sobs ON 'ra' - - - 49,. ~
surled their eano,..,, - 80
which had BEEN
10 victory WhyV
Because that mo-
Victorious commanders
be so.
Read history, as you may fndS
can, more generous terms than those
accorded the remnant Of he-grandest
army that ever battled for a cause
they believed to be right. than that
given by General L. S, Grant.
Old comrades, DO ycu remember,
when sitting by the smoldering en-
bers Of the camp fires, when the Diti.
less rain beat upon you, as the wintry
winds came in eddying gusts. as you
drew you worn and threadbare blan-
kets around YOU, some comrade would