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[image] An option General Robert E. Lee had before surrendering that solemn day, was to carry on the war guerrilla style. Which to the lasting good fortune of his countrymen, he did not exercise. Lee viewed such guerrilla tactics as, “An unmixed evil.” There was no honor in it.
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[image] Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia, April 10, 1865. “After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many
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[image] July 2, 1863. Gettysburg. The day is coming to a close, the Union line is collapsing. A massive wave of 1,200 Confederate soldiers is surging forward, threatening to take Cemetery Ridge. If they break through, all is lost. General Winfield Scott Hancock rode frantically along
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[image] Pickett's Charge, Cemetery Ridge, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863 — Mort Künstler painting, "The High Water Mark," 1988
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