Message from the Army of the Valley of Virginia

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Confederate imprint “A Message from the Army of the Valley of Virginia.” 1pp. octavo, Camp of Smith’s Brigade, February 10, 1865, and reads in part: “At a meeting of the thirty-sixth and sixtieth regiments and forty-fifth battalion Virginia infantry, Smith’s brigade, Wharton’s division, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, the arms of the Confederate States, during the recent campaigns, have sustained serious reverses, which have caused an undue despondency in some portions of our country, and created an unpatriotic doubt as to the final result of our struggle, and induced some to entertain the treasonable thought of making terms, unworthy of freemen, with the enemy that seeks to destroy them: Therefore, we, the officers and soldiers of the thirty-sixth and sixtieth regiments and forty-fifth battalion Virginia infantry, do resolve I. That in the beginning of this revolution we volunteered in response to the first call of our country to battle for the sovereign right of self-government...we are still in our determination to achieve our independence or to perish nobly struggling for it. II. That in the cause of our country is involved all we hold dear...III. That whilst we will hail with joy that peace which brings to us the recognition of our independence and assigns us our proper place in the family of nations, we cast from us with scorn the arrogant and insolent propositions recently made to our Commissioners by Abraham Lincoln...” and more. Fine condition.

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