Excerpt from The University Memorial: Biographical Sketches of Alumni of the University of Virginia Who Fell in the Confederate War, Five Volumes in OneNO apology, it is believed, will be required for the publica tion of the university memorial. The people for whose eye it is intended do not believe that the sword is the arbiter of right, nor have they ceased to cherish the principles which thev made so gigantic an effort to maintain. They are not ashamed of their kinsmen who fell in the great Confederate struggle, and who, sleeping now by mountain and river, in forest and field, in glen and dale, have bequeathed to them as a proud heritage the glory which their heroism achieved. Though poor and oppressed, the Southern people still have - if only this a wealth of affection to lavish upon their dead: too poor to raise but here and there the costly marble shaft, they are yet rich in the highest and holiest offerings of the heart. They give honor themselves: they would that all might give it. When in the soft days of spring they go, men, matrons, maidens and trooping children, with garlands for their graves, they greet with hearty God - speed him who can bring but a single blossom even thus will they welcome this offering to their memory - this wreath of cypress and laurel and oak, fash Ioned by many hands for the brow of the grand Old Mother that sits mourning for her martyred children.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.