Lee, Robert E.

[Cross_Sabers]

Do your duty in all things. You can not do more. You should never wish to do less.
Robert E Lee

[Cross_Sabers]

" I know not how to replace him".
Robert E Lee at Stonewall Jackson's funeral

[Cross_Sabers]

I believe may say, looking into my own heart, and speaking as in the presenceof GOD, that I have never known one moment of bitterness or resentment".
Robert E Lee, commenting on his feeling toward the North after the war

[Cross_Sabers]

I can not raise my hand against my birthplace, my home, my children.

Robert E Lee, in his letter of resignation from the US Army

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"With all my devotion to the Union,and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children and my home."

General Robert E. Lee CSA