Lanier High School - Oracle Yearbook (Montgomery, AL)

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Although the South possessed keen spirit, superior generalship, and better knowledge of the battle terrain, many major battles were lost toward the end of the war, because of insufficient funds, factories, and manpower, all of which the North had in abundance. Bygones lPainted by Angus S. MacDonalll The North was able to rehabilitate itself soon after the surrender at Appomattox, whereas, the South was immediately plagued by greedy scalawags and carpetbaggers. Many years passed before the South was completely healed of her war and post war scars. As depicted in this painting, the veterans of that conflict knew better than all others that fundamentally they were brothers and were meant to live under one flag. .... that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln delivered his most famous and most stirring address in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in memory of the Union soldiers who had lost their lives at the battle of Gettysburg, only four months before. 6 l

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SIDNEY LA IER CONFEDERATE SOLDIER-SOUTHERN POET Q 11842 -1881? l l I 7 ALMA MATER Dear Lanier, Tho' fleeting time Alma Mater, thy standard waves May bear us Tar away from Thee, Triumphant Through each passing year, Forever in Thy hallowed halls We love thy spirit, True and brave, Each heart will dwell in loyalty. Thy courage through each Threatening Tear, Faithful To The blue and white We will hold when we begin our lives anew We will be. Mem'ries ot Thy sheltering walls, And before Thy shrine ot knowledge And of Thy friendships True. We will kneel To Thee. LANIERI L71