"The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides."
-Robert E. Lee
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"I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.“
-Robert E. Lee
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