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“Sir: This point of observation commands an area nearly 50 miles in diameter. The city, with its girdle of encampments, presents a superb scene. I have pleasure in sending you this first dispatch ever telegraphed from an aerial station.”

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Thaddeus S. C. Lowe

Thaddeus S. C. Lowe was an American inventor born on August 20, 1832, and died on January 16, 1913. He made significant contributions in the fields of aviation, meteorology, and photography. more

“I have broken all ties that bind me to the (U.S.) Army, not suddenly, impulsively, but conscientiously and after due deliberation. I sacrifice more to my principles than any other officer in the Army can do. I would rather carry a musket in the cause of the South than be commander-in-chief under Mr. Lincoln.”

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Author:Edmund Kirby Smith

“We have an army far better adapted to attack than to defend. Let us fight at advantage before we are forced to fight at disadvantage.”

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Author:J. E. B. Stuart

“Your little army, derided for its want of arms, derided for its lack of all the essential material of war, has met the grand army of the enemy, routed it at every point, and now it flies, inglorious in retreat before our victorious columns. We have taught them a lesson in their invasion of the sacred soil of Virginia.”

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Author:Jefferson Davis

“General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.”

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Author:Robert E. Lee

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