President Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America
“We feel that our cause is just and holy; we protest solemnly in the face of mankind that we desire peace at any sacrifice save that of honour and independence; we ask no conquest, no aggrandizement, no concession of any kind from the States with which we were lately confederated; all we ask is to be let alone; that those who never held power over us shall not now attempt our subjugation by arms.”
— President Jefferson Davis – 29 April 1861
General Robert E. Lee
Army of Northern Virginia
“All that the South has ever desired was the Union as established by our forefathers should be preserved and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.”
-General Robert E. Lee
“Governor, if I had foreseen the use these people desired to make of their victory, there would have been no surrender at Appomattox, no, sir, not by me. Had I seen these results of subjugation, I would have preferred to die at Appomattox with my brave men, my sword in this right hand.”
— General Robert E. Lee
Lieut. Gen. Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, Commanding
“Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.”
— Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson
General James Longstreet
Corps Commander, Army of Northern Virginia
“Time sets all things right. Error lives but a day. Truth is eternal.”
-James Longstreet
“If the entire Union Army comes across here, I will kill them all!”
-James Longstreet
P.G.T. Beauregard
General, Confederate Army field commander at the First Battle of Bull Run
“The curse of God must have been on our people when we chose him out of so many noble sons of the South, who would have carried us safely through this Revolution.”
-P.G.T Beauregard
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Lieut. Geenral Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee
“No officer or soldier who ever served under me will question the generalship of Joseph E. Johnston. His retreats were timely, in good order, and he left nothing behind.”
-Joseph Eggleston Johnston
General Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Army of Tennessee
“I have never, on the field of battle, sent you where I was unwilling to go myself; nor would I now advise you to a course which I felt myself unwilling to pursue. You have been good soldiers, you can be good citizens.”
-Nathan Bedford Forrest
Stand Watie
Brigadier General
“I call upon my God to judge me, he knows that I love my friends and above all others my wife and children, the, oppinion of the world to contrary notwithstanding.”
-Brigadier General Stand Watie
Eli Pinson Landers
Sergeant Confederate Army
“I call upon my God to judge me, he knows that I love my friends and above all others my wife and children, the, oppinion of the world to contrary notwithstanding.”
-Brigadier General Stand Watie