Courtesy of The Art of Manliness.
Overall, I think it is a fine compilation. There is, however, one glaring omission IMHO: General Robert E. Lee’s General Order No. 9 (the text of which is noted below the fold). Although I suppose one could quibble with whether this order is technically a “speech.” In any event, it is certainly worthy of a “honorable mention” here at SA. 
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