 | 1915 - 608 páginas
...closed by saying: "Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellow citizens, I devote myself to the service of my native State,...whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword." With such lofty principles as his governing motive did Virginia's military commander assume his responsibilities.... | |
 | Randolph Harrison McKim - 1917 - 284 páginas
...accepting it General Lee said, "I would have much preferred had your choice fallen upon an abler man. Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience,...whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword." Before the sun set on that very day he was called upon to resign the commission just put into his hands.... | |
 | Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton - 1917 - 264 páginas
...Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellowcitizens, I devote myself to the services of my native State, in whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword. 61 Alexander H. Stephens, the Vice-President of the Confederacy, was present and said of the scene... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1918 - 410 páginas
...preserve. He accepted the appointment. " Trusting in Almighty God and an approving conscience," he said, "I devote myself to the service of my native state,...whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword." The war which was then i . . . , , Robert E. Lee beginning continued lor four years. It was in many... | |
 | William Cecil Pendleton - 1920 - 726 páginas
...position assigned hy your partiality. I would have much preferred had your choice fallen on an abler man. Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience,...whose behalf alone, will I ever again draw my sword." A temporary union of Virginia with the Confederate States was effected through Commissioners appointed... | |
 | Ruth Hill - 1920 - 68 páginas
...assigned me by your partiality. I would have much preferred it had your choice fallen upon an abler man. Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience,...whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword. ACT III SCENE I General Lee's Tent. Characters General Lee Major WH Fitzhugh Lee, his son Hon. BH Hill... | |
 | William Cecil Pendleton - 1920 - 728 páginas
...position assigned by your partiality. I would have much preferred had your choice fallen on an abler man. Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience,...native State, in whose behalf alone, will I ever again dra\v my sword." A temporary union of Virginia with the Confederate States was effected through Commissioners... | |
 | Edwin Wildman - 1922 - 432 páginas
...an abler man. Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellow citizens, I devote myself to the service of my native State,...whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword." Later, when he became a National figure, and Virginia had been invaded, he became an officer of the... | |
 | Mary Newton Stanard - 1923 - 346 páginas
...an abler man. Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience and the aid of my fellow citizens, I devote myself to the service of my native State,...whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword." To say that this great soldier was unsheathing his sword to preserve the institution of slavery would... | |
 | William Cecil Pendleton - 1927 - 640 páginas
...in Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellow-citizens, I devote myself'to'the service of my native State, in whose behalf alone, will I ever again draw my sword." A temporary union of Virginia with the Confederate States was effected through Commissioners appointed... | |
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Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellow-citizens, I devote myself to the service of my native State, in whose behalf alone, will I ever again draw my sword. 
