Your truth and valor bearing,
The bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring.”
With inspiration such as these women gave us, it was no wonder that, as I heard General Sherman say soon after the war: “It took us four years, with all our enormous superiority in resources, to overcome the stubborn resistance of those men.”
HAM SEAY
HAM SEAY had a hæmorrhage that morning—a hæmorrhage from the lungs.
But Ham Seay had the fastest horse in the company, and he knew how to ride a horse for all that was in him of achievement.
When the news came that Stuart wanted to communicate as quickly as possible with the commandant at Fredericksburg, Ham Seay volunteered to carry the message.
“But you’re ill,” said Stuart.
“That doesn’t matter,” said Ham. “I can ride my horse, and my horse is a good one.”