April Second
At the critical moment A. P. Hill was always strongest. No wonder that both Lee and Jackson, when in the delirium of their last moments on earth, stood again to battle, and saw the fiery form of A. P. Hill leading his columns on.
Henry Kyd Douglas
A. P. Hill killed in front of Petersburg, 1865
Albert Pike dies, 1891
April Third
THE SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA
French blood stained with glory the Lilies,
While centuries marched to their grave;
And over bold Scot and gay Irish
The Thistle and Shamrock yet wave:
Ours, ours be the noble Magnolia,
That only on Southern soil grows,
The Symbol of life everlasting:—
Dear to us as to England the Rose.
Albert Pike
(“Born in Boston; but an adopted and devoted son of Dixie”)
April Fourth