Excerpt from Stories of the ConfederacyHow can we forget the old bullet-torn ¿ag whose blue cross had been triumphantly borne aloft for years at the cost of so much blood and valor - shall we Confederates who, by the mercy of God, have been spared to this day, not preserve the history that we helped our heroes make - those who have fallen asleep, some on the battlefield and some since the sword has been turned into the ploughshare.We love our reunited country and propose in this volume to tell some facts, for it is history made by Americans, and it is our duty to preserve it for Americans to read.We honor and respect the man of courage, no matter on which side he fought.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.