Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. LeeDoubleday, Page, 1904 - 461 Seiten |
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Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee Capt Robert E Lee Jr,Robert E. Lee Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2013 |
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affectionate father Agnes Alexandria anxious Arlington Army of Northern arrived Baltimore Baths brother Captain cavalry cheerful Colonel comfort command Confederate cousin Custis daughter Dear Fitzhugh Dear Mary duty enemy enjoyed fear feel Fitz FITZHUGH LEE Fredericksburg friends girls Give much love glad happy hear hope horse James River kind ladies leave Lee's Lexington look Lynchburg Mildred Miss morning mountains never night Northern Virginia officers Petersburg pleasure present President quiet R. E. LEE reached received your letter reply Richmond ride River Robert rode Romancoke Savannah says seems sent servant Smith's Island soldiers soon Springs Tabb tell thought tion to-day told took Traveller troops Truly and affectionately Virginia Military Institute Washington College week White House White Sulphur White Sulphur Springs wife WILLIAM H. F. LEE wish writes wrote yesterday young
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Seite 43 - THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: And merciful men are taken away, none considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Seite 147 - Yes, I know they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we were overwhelmed by numbers; but that is not the question, Colonel; the question is, is it right to surrender this army? If it is right, then I will take all the responsibility.
Seite 149 - Men, we have fought through the war together ; I have done my best for you ; my heart is too full to say more," he bade them good-bye and told them to return to their homes and become good citizens.
Seite 78 - Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Seite 177 - I do not feel able to undergo the labour of conducting classes in regular courses of instruction. I could not, therefore, undertake more than the general administration and supervision of the institution. There is another subject which has caused me serious reflection and is, I think, worthy of the consideration of the Board. Being excluded from the terms of amnesty in the proclamation of the President of the US of the 29th May last, and an object of censure to a portion of the country...
Seite 246 - MY DEAR SIR — I am much obliged to you for your letter of the...
Seite 149 - After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
Seite 149 - I need not tell the survivors of so many hard fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them ; but feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that would have attended the continuation of the contest, I have determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen.
Seite 25 - I declined the offer he made me, to take command of the army that was to be brought into the field; stating, as candidly and as courteously as I could, that, though opposed to secession and deprecating war, I could take no part in an invasion of the Southern States.
Seite 209 - Ah, realm of tears!—but let her bear This blazon to the end of time: No nation rose so white and fair, None fell so pure of crime.