 | Charles Colcock Jones - 1881 - 52 pages
...It represents him as he was,—marked with the marks of service in features, form, and raiment;—a man who chose rather to be than to seem, to bear hardship than to complain of it;—a man who met with unflinching firmness the fate decreed him, to suffer, to fight, and to die... | |
 | William Harris Bragg - 1999 - 792 pages
...the statue to the ladies of the Memorial Association, De Renne gave his personal view of Richards's Confederate soldier: It represents him as he was —...chose rather to be than to seem, to bear hardship rather than to complain of it; a man who met with unflinching firm ness the fate decreed for him to... | |
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President of the Ladies' Memorial Association, Savannah: MADAM, — In pursuance of the proposition made and accepted in April of last year, I now present to the Ladies' Memorial Association a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier. It represents him... 