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Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. A son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy.

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General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.

Army, Fighting, General, Moving, Soldier, War

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Character, Civil War, Foundation, Manly, Wedding

All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.

Administered, Government, Preserved, Purity, Union, Unions

To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.

Army, Good, Order, Soldier, Thing

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

Dies, Education, Learning, Man, Teaching

Every student must be a gentleman.

Gentleman, Student, Students

The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.

Enemy, War, Whip, Whips

Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia.

Country, Earth, Flee, Remains, Virginia, War

If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.

Friday, Jubilant, Light, Sleep, Witnesses

I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity.

Dictates, Humanity, Occasion, Usage, War, Witnessed

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

Control, Inspiring, Man, Motivational, Trust

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.

War, Believe, Slavery, Suffered, Object

Life Insurance trusts I consider sacred. To hazard the property of the dead & to lose the scanty earnings of fathers & husbands, who have toiled & saved that they may leave something to their families deprived of their care & the support of their labour, is to my mind the worst of crimes.

Earnings, Father, Husband, Labour, Saved, Support

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

Christ, Civil War, Poor, Salvation, Say

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

Bible, Distresses, Failure, Perplexities, Strength

You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.

Become, Enjoy, Pleasure, Practice, Trials

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

History, Men, Millions, State, Sword, War

My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them nor be indisposed to serve them: nor, in spite of failures which I lament, of errors which I now see and acknowledge, or the present aspect of affairs, do I despair of the future. The truth is this: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.

Advancing, Despair, Individual, Mean, Men, Thinking

Any victory would be dear at such a price.

War, Victory, Would Be, Price, Dear

As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

Character, Develop, Duty, General, Men, Principles

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