inia, when it was surrendered,
had behind it this remarkable, and proud record, that, in the many
battles it fought during the war, it was never once driven from the
field of battle; and it was as defiant, and ready to fight at Appomattox
as it was at Manassas, the first battle four years before.

As we turn from that closing scene, let us take a parting glance at the
facts which, duly considered, enable us to form a true estimate of the
fight the South made in that struggle of the Civil War.

The history of that war may be briefly, but accurately comprehended in
this short statement. During the four years, '61 to '65, the North put
into the field two million, eight hundred thousand (2,800,000) men. They
were well armed, well equipped, and well fed--also, it had a Navy.

During those four years, the South put into the field less than six
hundred thousand (600,000) men. They were poorly armed, poorly equipped,
and poorly fed--much of the time, very poorly indeed! And it had no
Navy.

It took those 2,800,000 men, with the Navy, four years to overcome those
600,000 men. In doing so they lost the lives of one million (1,000,000)
men--nearly double the whole number of men the South put into the field.

What these facts mean, the world will judge--the world has judged! And
the world has off its hat to the race who made that heroic fight!

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Transcriber's note:

Two quotes are opened with a double quotation mark but are not
closed. These are presented as they appear in the original text.

The following misprints have been corrected:
"comand" corrected to "command" (page 8)
"setled" corrected to "settled" (page 21)
"muttton" corrected to "mutton" (page 33)
"proceded" corrected to "proceeded" (page 36)
"felows" corrected to "fellows" (page 41)
"semed" corrected to "seemed" (page 44)
"nineteeen" corrected to "nineteen" (page 45)
"Hil's" corrected to "Hill's" (page 75)
"gettinge" corrected to "getting" (page 76)
"at" corrected to "a" (page 79)
"aound" corrected to "arround" (page 121)
"Fedtral" corrected to "Federal" (page 127)
"Warrren" corrected to "Warren" (page 130)
"atention" corrected to "attention" (page 132)
"iminent" corrected to "imminent" (page 138)
"bags" corrected to "bugs" (page 181)
"sharp-shooters's" corrected to "sharp-shooter's" (page 183)
"hostilites" corrected to "hostilities" (page 185)

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