Jefferson Davis
The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.Collection: Son
If you will not have it thus: if in the pride of power, if in contempt of reason and reliance upon force, you say we shall not go, but shall remain as subjects to you, then, gentlemen of the North, a war is to be inaugurated the like of which men have not seen.Collection: War
Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the great and good who now cluster around the banner of the country, there exists no purer spirit, no more heroic soul, than that of the illustrious man whose death I join you in lamenting.Collection: Country
Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable.Collection: Flower
Pray excuse me. I cannot take it.Collection: War
Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.Collection: War
How idle is this prating about natural rights as though still containing all that had been forfeited.Collection: Rights
Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South’s two halves together.Collection: Two
The authors of all our misfortune.Collection: War