"Our Only Hope & Refuge" Confederate General-In-Chief Robert E. Lee | Speeches By Losers
Episode Rating: PG for discussion of slavery in the United States
The Speech Guys learn how to hold their heads high by kicking off season 3 with the "Speeches By Losers" series--headlined by Confederate General-in-Chief's letter written to his wife, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, shortly after the Confederacy's loss to the United States at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.
Read the letter here:
leefamilyarchive.org/family-papers/…e-1863-july-12
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The opening and closing song is by Adam Agin, entitled "The Road".
The thumbnail image of Lee was used from WondriumDaily.com.
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