Popular life of Gen. Robert Edward Lee.

Front matter

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Chapter II

Birth — Childhood —His Devotion to his Mother — His thoughtful Character — School Life in Alexandria — West Point — Enters the Engineer Corps — Marriage — Arlington — The White House

— Promotion — Improvement of the Navigation of the Mississippi — Letters to his Family 21

Chapter III

The Mexican War — Letter to his Sons — Vera Cruz — Cerro Gordo — Encomiums of General Scott — Passage of the Pedrigal

— Wounded at Chapultepec — Promotion 36

Chapter IV

Close of the War — Stationed near Baltimore — Placed in Charge of the Military Academy at West Point — Transferred to the Cavalry — Ordered to Texas — Indian Warfare — Letters to his Family — Hardships of Frontier Service — Return to Arlington 52

Chapter V

The John Brown War — Return to Texas — Letters to his Family

— The gathering Storm — Summoned to Washington — Secession of Virginia — The Sad Alternative — Resigns his Commission

— Farewell to General Scott — To his Sister — His Reticence . 65

Chapter VI

Lee in Richmond — Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Virginia Forces — Presented to the Virginia Convention — Address of President Janney — Organization of an Army — Appointed General in the Confederate Service — Ordered to Western Virginia 78

Chapter VII

Gloucester Point — Great Bethel — Manassas — Letter to his Family — Campaign in Western Virginia — Causes of Failure

— His Magnanimous Silence — Services on the Sea-Coast — Letters to his Daughters — Assigned to Duty at the Seat of Government 84

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Reorganization of the Army — The Peninsula Campaign — Battle of Seven Pines — Johnston Wounded — General Lee takes Command — Jackson's Valley Campaign — " Stuart's Ride " — General Orders — Jackson's Mysterious March — Mechanicsville . 95

The Battle of Sharpsburg — Recrossing the Potomac — General Lee's Address to his Army — Review of the Campaign — Personal Incidents 142

Chapter XIV

Encampment around Winchester — Stuart's Raid into Pennsylvania — The Federal Army in Motion — Removal of McClellan

— Burnside in Command — Camp at Fredericksburg — Letter from General Lee to his Daughter — The Bombardment of Fredericksburg — The Battle — General Lee's Despatch . .152

Stuart in Command of Jackson's Corps — The Battle Resumed — "The Wilderness" on Fire — The Victory — General Lee's Address to the Army — Death of Jackson announced in General Orders — Letter from General Lee 177

Chapter XVIII

Cavalry Fight at Brandy Station — Marching Northward — Milroy driven from Winchester — Crossing the Frontier — Hooker Resigns — Meade in Command — General Lee's Strict Orders for Protection of Private Property — Exemplary Conduct of the Southern Troops 184

Chapter XIX

The Army in T^snnsylvania — General Lee embarrassed for want of Cavalry — Gettysburg — First Day, Hancock remains in possession >f Cemetery Ridge — Second Day, Attempts upon the Right and Left — Third Day, Pickett's famous Charge upon the Centre, La Garde rccule ! 193

Chapter XX

The P/*reat from Gettysburg — The Attack upon the Wagon Trains — The Potomac Impassable — General Lee prepares for Battle — The River Falls — Back to Virginia . . . .204

Chapter XXI

Dar i Days in the Confederacy — Proclamation by the President — General Lee's Order to the Army — Longstreet's Corps sent to Tennessee — General Lee Advances upon Meade — Stuart's Narrow Escape — Engagement at Bristoe Station — Back to the Rapidan — Winter Quarters 213

Chapter XXII

Privations of the Army — Incidents at Head-Quarters — General Lee's Letter to the City Council of Richmond — An Address to the Army — The Dahlgren Raid 223

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Grant takes Command of the Army of the Potomac — His Advance

— The Battle of the Wilderness — Longstreet Wounded . .231

The Battle of the Crater — Terrible Carnage — Early's Advance into Maryland — Battle of Monoeacy — In Sight of the Capitol

— Early Retires to the Opequon 261

Chapter XXVIII

Battle of Chafin's Farm — Struggles for the Weldon Road — Ream's Station — The South Side Road — Hatcher's Run — General Lee's Despatch — Reverses in the Valley — Winchester — Fisher's Hill — Cedar Creek — General Lee's Letter to General Early 267

Chapter XXIX

Winter in the Trenches — Sufferings of the Troops — "Xes 3Iiserables " — Disasters in the South — Depression of the People — General Lee Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies — Failure of Peace Negotiations — Proposed Enlistment of Negroes 277

Chapter XXX

General Lee's Order Assuming Command of the Confederate Forces — Fight at Hare's Hill — At Five Forks — Last Days at Petersburg — Gallant Defence of Fort Gregg . . . 285

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Death of General A. P. Hill — Evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond — Tlie Army without Ptations — The consequent Delay — The Retreat to North Carolina Cut Off — Loss of Ewell's Corps — A Council of War 294

Chapter XXXII

Starvation and Death — The Veterans still March and Fight — General Grant Proposes a Surrender — Correspondence between the Two Commanders — Preparations for Another Battle — The White Flag — The Surrender — Interview between General Lee and General Grant 302

Chapter XXXIII

The Last Hours of the Army of Northern Virginia — The Night of Peace — General Lee's Farewell to his Army — His Reception in Richmond — His Retired Life — Testimonials of Affection and Esteem — His Noble Bearing in Adversity . . . 313

Chapter XXXIV

He is offered the Presidency of Washington College — Letter of Acceptance — Installation — Condition of the College — His Earnest Devotion to his New Duties — Influence of his Character and Example — His Valuable Services to the College . 324