Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

He soon emerged as a shrewd tactician and battlefield commander winning numerous battles against far superior Union armies. Union General Ulysses S. Grant's campaigns bore down on the Confederacy in 1864 and 1865 and despite inflicting heavy casualties Lee was unable to turn the war's tide.