The Early Life, Campaigns, and Public Services of Robert E. Lee: With a Record of the Campaigns and Heroic Deeds of His Companions in Arms |
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... gave him , even in the period of boyhood , a cultivated appearance , easy manners , and a prompt perception of social proprieties . In the year 1825 , at the age of eighteen , Lee entered West Point as a cadet from Virginia . He ...
... gave him , even in the period of boyhood , a cultivated appearance , easy manners , and a prompt perception of social proprieties . In the year 1825 , at the age of eighteen , Lee entered West Point as a cadet from Virginia . He ...
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... gave indica- tions of a powerful intellect ; a face not yet interlined by age , still remarkable for its personal beauty , was lighted up by eyes black in the shade , but brown in the full light , clear , benignant , but with a deep ...
... gave indica- tions of a powerful intellect ; a face not yet interlined by age , still remarkable for its personal beauty , was lighted up by eyes black in the shade , but brown in the full light , clear , benignant , but with a deep ...
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... gave his swords to his favourite nephews with an injunction that they should never be drawn from their scabbards except in self - defence , or in defence of the rights and liberties of their country , and , that if drawn for the latter ...
... gave his swords to his favourite nephews with an injunction that they should never be drawn from their scabbards except in self - defence , or in defence of the rights and liberties of their country , and , that if drawn for the latter ...
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... gave at the War Department of the terrible work before him , was a simple brief note , addressed to the Secretary of War , stating that he might be beyond a certain designated point where couriers could find him , should there be ...
... gave at the War Department of the terrible work before him , was a simple brief note , addressed to the Secretary of War , stating that he might be beyond a certain designated point where couriers could find him , should there be ...
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... gave the Confederate name to the battle that was to ensue , being almost in the centre of his line . The undulations of the ground and the thick masses of wood that clothed the hill - sides enabled him to conceal the strength of his ...
... gave the Confederate name to the battle that was to ensue , being almost in the centre of his line . The undulations of the ground and the thick masses of wood that clothed the hill - sides enabled him to conceal the strength of his ...
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A. P. Hill action advance arms Army of Northern Army of Tennessee artillery assault attack batteries battle Beauregard Bragg Breckinridge brigade brilliant campaign captured Carolina cavalry column command Confederacy Confederate army corps D. H. Hill defence desperate division Dorn duty enemy enemy's engaged Federal army field fight fire Fitzhugh Lee flank Floyd force fought front gallant guns Hardee Harper's Ferry Hill honour horse infantry J. E. B. Stuart Jackson Johnston Kentucky killed Lee's Lieutenant-General Longstreet Maj.-Gen Major-General Manassas mand McClellan McLaws ment miles military Mississippi Missouri moved movement never night North Northern Virginia numbers officers organized P. G. T. BEAUREGARD Polk position Potomac President Davis prisoners railroad rear regiment reinforcements remarkable retreat Richmond river road rode sent Sherman soldiers South South Carolina Southern Stuart success superiour surrender tion troops Valley Vicksburg victory Washington West Point wounded