Raynors HCA 2014-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/6/2014
Confederate congressional imprint “RESOLUTIONS Adopted by McGowan’s Brigade, South Carolina Volunteers.” 1pp. octavo, February 6, 1865, and reads in part: “...The soldiers and officers of McGowan’s Brigade do Resolve...That the war in which we are engaged is a war of self-defence...As we were actuated by principle when we entered the service of the Confederate State, we are of the same opinion still. We have had our share of victories, and we must expect some defeats. Our cause is righteous and must prevail. In the language of General Greene, during the darkest hours of the Revolution, when he was struggling to recover South Carolina, then entirely overrun and suffering under the scourge of Tarlton, ‘Independence is certain, if the people have the fortitude to bear and the courage to perserve.’...To submit to our enemies now, would be more infamous than it would have been in the beginning. It would be cowardly yielding to power that was denied upon princciple...Therefore, unsubdued by past reverses, and uanwed by future dangers, we declare our determination to battle to the end, and not to lay down our arms until independence is secured. Is life so dear or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Heaven!” Fine condition.
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