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Title: A soldier's recollections; leaves from the diary of a young Confederate, with an oration on the motives and aims of the soldiers of the South
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: McKim, Randolph H. (Randolph Harrison), 1842-1920
Subjects: Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate
Publisher: New York (etc.) Longmans, Green, and co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ican of the future will recognize theeternal truth that it is not success which ennobles,but duty well done — manhood illustriously displayed,whether in victory or defeat. Thus the fame of the Confederate soldier will shinewith imperishable lustre: Immota manet, ssecula vincit.* APPENDIX A. Oration at Nashville. B. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart in the Gettysburg Campaign A Reply to Col. J. S. Mosby. THE MOTIVES AND AIMS OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTHm THE CIVIL WAR AN ORATIO:^r DELIVERED BEFORE THE UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS AT THEIR FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REUNION AT NASHVILLE, TENN. JUNE 14, 1904 BYRANDOLPH HARRISON McKIM, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L. Rector of the Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C. Tts yap rj Toiv iroidv Svvafievoiv rj to)v Xeyuv lina-TafiivoiV ov irovrjcrti.Koi cf>LXocrocfirj(reL /3ov\6/xevo<; afux re Trj<s avTOv Siavota? kol t^s CKetVwvapeTrj<s fxvrjfxciov cis airavTa tov xpovov KaTaAtTretv. — Isocrates Originally PublishedBy Order of the United Confederate Veterans
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THE REV. RANDOLPH H. McKlM, D.D. 1904 ORATION Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Fellow-citizens: It is with deep emotion that I rise to address you to-day.When I look over this vast concourse of the brave men andthe noble women of the South — representing every oneof the eleven sovereign States once associated in the South-ern Confederacy — and when I look into the faces of theveteran survivors of that incomparable army that foughtwith such magnificent valor and constancy for four long yearsunder those tattered battle flags, now furled forever, I amoverwhelmed at once by the dignity and the difficulty ofthe task assigned me. There is such a vast disproportionbetween the powers which the occasion demands and thosewhich I possess, that I should not dare to essay the task butfor my confidence in your generosity and forbearance toa speaker who at least can say: I too loved the Lost Causeand marched and fought under the banner of the SouthernCross. There are two unique features which

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