Excerpt from Address on the Life and Character of Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur: Before the Ladies Memorial Association of Raleigh, May 10th, 1891 When Xerxes looked upon the countless hosts of Persia he is said to have wept when be reflected that within one hun dred years from that time not one of those then in his presence would be living. It is with similar emotions every survivor of the war between the States must be moved when called upon to pass in review and comment upon the heroic deeds and still more heroic sufferings of those who participated in that fierce and unrelenting conflict. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.