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" Yes, I know they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we were overwhelmed by numbers; but that is not the question, Colonel; the question is, is it right to surrender this army? If it is right, then I will take all the responsibility. "
Robert E. Lee, Man and Soldier - Page 637
by Thomas Nelson Page - 1911 - 734 pages
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 108

American essays - 1911 - 994 pages
...army in the field?' — 'Yes, I know, they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we were overwhelmed by numbers; but that is not the...surrender this army? If it is right, then I will take all the responsibility.' The scene that ensued has been described often: the plain farmhouse room, the...
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Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee

John William Jones - Generals - 1875 - 586 pages
...field ? ' He replied : ' Yes, I know they will say hard things of us ; they will not understand how we were overwhelmed by numbers ; but that is not the...right to surrender this army? If it is right, then /will take all the responsibility.' " Fellow-soldiers, though he alone was calm, in that hour of humiliation...
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Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee

John William Jones - History - 1875 - 564 pages
...the field ?' He replied : ' Yes, I know they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we were overwhelmed by numbers; but that is not the question, colonel; th.B question is, is it right to surrender this army ? If it is right, then I will take all the responsibility.'...
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Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume

John William Jones - United States - 1879 - 402 pages
...the field?" He replied, "Yes, I know they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we were overwhelmed by numbers ). but that is not...right to surrender this army? if it is right, then / will take «//the responsibility." Fellow soldiers, though he alone was calm, in that hour of humiliation...
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From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America

James Longstreet - History - 1895 - 808 pages
...field!' "He replied, 'Yes, I know they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we are overwhelmed by numbers. But that is not the question,...surrender this army!" If it is right, then I will take all the responsibility !' " * Presently General Lee called to have me ride forward to him. He was dressed...
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From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America

James Longstreet - United States - 1895 - 852 pages
...field V "He replied, 'Yes, I know they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we are overwhelmed by numbers. But that is not the question,...question is, " Is it right to surrender this army t" If it is right, then I will take all the responsibility !'" * Presently General Lee called to have...
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Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee - Confederate States of America - 1904 - 502 pages
...know they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we were overwhelmed by numbers; iN but that is not the question, Colonel; the question...surrender this army? If it is right, then I will take all the responsibility." , There had been some correspondence with Grant, just before the conversation...
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Lee and Longstreet at High Tide: Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records

Helen Dortch Longstreet - Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863 - 1904 - 384 pages
...of us ; they will not understand how we are overwhelmed with numbers. But that is not the question ; the question is, Is it right to surrender this army? If it is right, then I will take all the responsibility." Presently General Lee called General Longstreet to ride forward with him. He said...
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Life and Letters of Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man

John William Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 502 pages
...the field?" He replied, "Yes, I know they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we were overwhelmed by numbers; but that is not the...the question is, is it right to surrender this army? // it is right, then I will take all the responsibility." 370 LIFE AND LETTERS OF LEE I had the privilege...
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The South Atlantic Quarterly, Volume 6

John Spencer Bassett, Edwin Mims, William Henry Glasson, William Preston Few, William Kenneth Boyd, William Hane Wannamaker - Civilization - 1907 - 436 pages
...Success, not Doom. "What will History say of the surrender of an Army in the field ?" asked an officer in passionate grief. "Yes, I know they will say hard...right, then I will take all of the responsibility." This was his greatness. He asked ever only, "Is it right?" "We are conscious that we have humbly tried...
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