Southern Historical Society Papers, Volumes 29-31Virginia Historical Society, 1901 - Confederate States of America |
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Page 83
... Lee's father , the " Light Horse Harry " of the brave days of old , had pronounced that eulogium , as immortal as ... Lees , and none could ask a more precious legacy for budding minds than those yellow sheets contain - serious in ...
... Lee's father , the " Light Horse Harry " of the brave days of old , had pronounced that eulogium , as immortal as ... Lees , and none could ask a more precious legacy for budding minds than those yellow sheets contain - serious in ...
Page 89
... Lee was constantly and consistently aggressive . No finer example of this trait is known to military history than that given at Chancellorsville , where , with the swiftness of a practiced fencer , General Lee passed from the attitude ...
... Lee was constantly and consistently aggressive . No finer example of this trait is known to military history than that given at Chancellorsville , where , with the swiftness of a practiced fencer , General Lee passed from the attitude ...
Page 91
... Lee before or afterwards -- for Malvern Hill , where Jackson was misled by his guides , and where D. H. Hill ... Lee's offensive strategy is the movement by which , in the autumn of 1863 , he flanked Meade out of his position at ...
... Lee before or afterwards -- for Malvern Hill , where Jackson was misled by his guides , and where D. H. Hill ... Lee's offensive strategy is the movement by which , in the autumn of 1863 , he flanked Meade out of his position at ...
Page 92
... Lee barred the path of invasion in the old . battlefields of the Wil- derness , and on the 6th of May became the assailant after a vigorous fashion . Thereafter . our commander proved the subordination of his temperament to his judgment ...
... Lee barred the path of invasion in the old . battlefields of the Wil- derness , and on the 6th of May became the assailant after a vigorous fashion . Thereafter . our commander proved the subordination of his temperament to his judgment ...
Page 96
... Lee was equal to it . Through no fault of his the retreat , begun , as he knew , too late , was interrupted by the fatal miscarriage of pro- visions ordered to meet the army en route . The delay so caused brought Meade upon his rear ...
... Lee was equal to it . Through no fault of his the retreat , begun , as he knew , too late , was interrupted by the fatal miscarriage of pro- visions ordered to meet the army en route . The delay so caused brought Meade upon his rear ...
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