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Civil W ar Heroes!• iReturned In RagsThe Dixie soldiers homecoming in Denton County was typical n! hfs homecoming throughout the South*This was the opinion of Denton’s own historian, Ed F. Rales. The secretary of the Old-Settlers’ and Veterans' Association of Ucnlon described the return in a historypublished in 101 a.With an eloquence of slide that could he envied by Puliucr Prize Winner Bruce Cation, -he wrote: ■ “The remnants of our bovi in gray came home, not Shipped, hut overpowered—not conquered, 'bat disarmed—not heralded as the sa* viors of the nation, but heroes of the lost cause! Thin and worn, one by one, over a period of J2 months, they came; grim, dusty, and in rags, with blisLcrcd feet and sore wounds. . . ✓The homecoming m Denton County portrayed the homecoming ]ri other counties. All phases of chivalry and manhood were man-Res led by I3e heroes of the lost cause. They surrendered the right to secede from the Union and; agreed to the abolition of slaveryin obedience to the arbitramentof war. They agreed to Hie iali-Heat ion of the 13, Hth and 15th Amendments as the product? of might. . . They agreed that no man should over bo disfranchised on account of race, color or previous condition, of. servitude, and that the Southern soldier should be disfranchised .qn, account .of aiding, abetting and sympathizing with the losUqusQ., •]“He had seen the selling sun of | his .lost cause as it went down in sorrow and gloom, tost to him, never to return. The twilight of darkness and despair ove’rshadow-ed him as*lie viewed the wreck ahtl ruin of I he once beautiful and happy home. , .* “Bot Ure'old ‘soldier caught [he .order. ‘About Face/ and in obey-ing the command, lie beheld ihc ? beauties of a rising sun/' .
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Denton Record Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Sun, Feb 03, 1957
Page 80
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