A SOUTHERNER TO THE LAST 



THEY said, when the General died, 

 that he was the last of the great 

 men of the Confederacy; the last he- 

 roic figure of the Lost Cause. He 

 was born and educated, he labored, 

 fought, and died in the same section 

 of his heart's land. He represented 

 the highest type of native, Southern 

 manhood. He was a; man of convic- 

 tions, intrepid, chivalrous. He fought 

 for the Confederacy for the same 

 reason that other men fought for the 

 Union. He believed that he was right. 

 From his viewpoint he was right. 

 For the same reason men to-day on 

 both sides are right. If either crit- 



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