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The rich and the great sit down to dine,
And they quaff to each other in sparkling wine,
From glasses of crystal and green ; But I guess in their golden potations they miss The warmth of regard to be found in this
We have drunk from the same canteen !
We have shared our blankets and tents together, And have marched and fought in all kinds of weather,
And hungry and full we have been ; Had days of battle and days of rest, But this memory I cling to and love the best
We have drunk from the same canteen !
I beg you to make my cordial salutations to the members of Forbes' Bivouac and to my friends generally.
I am, very faithfully yours,
CHARLES TODD QUINTARD. Fulford Hall, Sewanee, Tenn., September 28, 1888.
The Second Virginia Regiment of Cavalry, C. S. A.
A Tribute to its Discipline and Efficiency, and Defiant Resolutions passed by it February 28th, 1865.
The following documents were furnished by General Thomas T. Munford, who writes, " I could ask no prouder epitaph than to have been the colonel of the Second Virginia regiment of cavalry." * * * The communication of General Lee, our then brigade commander, was read after a grand review of the cavalry near Fredericksburg, Virginia."
The second paper will " exhibit the animus of the men who bore Virginia colors. It was published contemporaneously in the Lynch - burg Virginian : ' '
HEADQUARTERS LEE'S CAVALRY BRIGADE,
January nth, 1863. Colonel MUNFORD :
SIR, I desire to express to you officially my warmest thanks for the excellent marching and military bearing of your regi- ment upon review yesterday.
