Personal reminiscences, anecdotes, and letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee.J. William Jones 1875
Facsimile Reprint Edition from the original edition of 1875; "THE author does not propose to add another "Life of Lee" to the several that have been given to the public. :Nine is a humbler but scarcely less important work. It was my proud privilege to have known General Lee intimatel...
| Main Author: | 1836-1909 (John William),1836-1909. |
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| Format: | Online |
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New York,D. Appleton and company.,
1996
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Facsimile Reprint Edition from the original edition of 1875;
"THE author does not propose to add another "Life of Lee" to the several that have been given to the public. :Nine is a humbler but scarcely less important work. It was my proud privilege to have known General Lee intimately. I saw him on that day in April, 1861, on which he came to offer his stainless sword to the land that gave him birth. I followed his standard from Harper's Ferry, in 1861, to Appomattox Court-house, in 1865, coming into somewhat frequent contact with him, rejoicing with him at his long series of brilliant victories, and weeping with him when "compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources." It was my still higher privilege to have been intimately associated with him during the last five years of his career, to have been one of the regular chaplains of his college, to have visited him frequently at his office and in his home, and to have had him sometimes under my own humble roof; to have mingled with him in the freest social intercourse, and to have been the daily witness of those beautiful traits of character which made him seem even grander in peace than in war." |
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