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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Monument to the Confederate dead at the University of Virginia. (search)
Monument to the Confederate dead at the University of Virginia. Address by Major Robert Stiles, at the Dedication, June 7, 1893. Surviving Comrades of the Confederate Armies, Citizen Soldiers of Virginia, Ladies and Gentlemen. On the outskirts of the historic capital city of Virginia, between it and the great battle-fields, out of the midst of 16,000 graves, rises a simple granite shaft with this inscription: The epitaph of the Soldier who falls with his Country is written in the hearts of those who love the Right and honor the Brave. To-day, in this silent camp, we unveil another sentinel stone, bearing this legend: Fate denied them Victory, but clothed them with glorious Immortality. Both these monuments memorialize defeat, but what witness do they bear? What do they declare? Against what do they protest? What is their deepest significance? The Oakwood monument reminds us that the brave may fall, the right may fail. This shaft, the silent orator o