. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. conveys the story of the past. The following epic poem to tin/ deceased and monumented foe, byL. M. Ennis, Hist. \et. Corps hirst regiment infantr\-, 1. N. G., isappropriately quoted: VICTORIOUS DEFEATS. No chord was lost whose melody Ere cheered a heart of sorrow;No cause was lost when patriots blood Gave pledges to the morrow. No principle was ever wrong, Tho oft in life defeated;The grandest armii-s men have seen, Have from the fiekl retreated. The might of power has ever ruledIn great or lesser m
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. conveys the story of the past. The following epic poem to tin/ deceased and monumented foe, byL. M. Ennis, Hist. \et. Corps hirst regiment infantr\-, 1. N. G., isappropriately quoted: VICTORIOUS DEFEATS. No chord was lost whose melody Ere cheered a heart of sorrow;No cause was lost when patriots blood Gave pledges to the morrow. No principle was ever wrong, Tho oft in life defeated;The grandest armii-s men have seen, Have from the fiekl retreated. The might of power has ever ruledIn great or lesser measure; The pure have died in poverty. While vice enjo3ed the treasure. The battles lost, the battles won, No matter which the story;The deail have paid their awful price,The living gain the glory. BRONZE PANELS ON THE PEDESTAL THE CALr. TO AF^MS
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