“In ages to come there will be no page in human history with brighter or fairer record than was written by the people of the Confederate States in the four years of their struggle for freedom. 


The courage, patience and gallantry of its men, the devotion, constancy and sublime sacrifices of its women, contributed to the world’s history priceless treasure.” Bennett H. Young from a speech to the United Confederate Veterans at a reunion in Memphis Tennessee in July 1901.