TO YOU, SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS,WE SUBMIT THE VINDICATION OF THE CAUSE FOR WHICH WE FOUGHT; TO YOUR STRENGTH WILL BE GIVEN THE DEFENSE OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS GOOD NAME, THE GUARDIANSHIP OF HIS HISTORY, THE EMULATION OF HIS VIRTUES,THE PERPETUATION OF THOSE PRINCIPLES HE LOVED AND WHICH MADE HIM GLORIOUS AND WHICH YOU ALL CHERISH. REMEMBER IT IS YOUR DUTY TO SEE THAT THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH IS PRESENTED TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.
" GOVERNOR,IF I HAD FORSEEN THE USE THOSE PEOPLE DESIGNED TO MAKE OF THEIR VICTORY, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE; NO SIR, NOT BY ME. HAD I FORSEEN THESE RESULTS OF SUBJUGATION, I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO DIE AT APPOMATTOX WITH MY BRAVE MEN, MY SWORD IN MY RIGHT HAND.
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE TO THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
I HOPE THE DAY WILL NEVER COME THAT MY GRANDSONS WILL BE ASHAMED TO OWN THAT I WAS A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
PRIVATE A.Y. HANDY, 32 TEXAS CAVALRY, CSA
WE MUST BE PROUD OF OUR FORFATHERS AND RESIST THE ATTACKS THAT ARE BEING RAISED AGAINST OUR SOUTHERN HERITAGE.
