Robert E. Lee, Man and SoldierC. Scribner's sons, 1911 - 734 pages |
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A. P. Hill advance afternoon Appomattox Army of Northern artillery assault attack battle brigades campaign captured cavalry Chambersburg Chancellorsville Chickahominy Cold Harbor Colonel command Confederacy Confederate Court House Culp's Hill Culpeper D. H. Hill Davis defeat defence Division Early enemy enemy's entrenchments eral Ewell Ewell's Federal field fight Fitz Fitz Lee flank force forward fought Fredericksburg front gallant Gettysburg Gordonsville Grant guns Hancock held Hooker infantry James Johnston knew Lee's army Lee's left Lee's right letter Longstreet loss Manassas McClellan Meade Meade's miles military morning mountains moved movement night North Anna Northern Virginia officers ordered Petersburg Pickett's Plank Road Pope position R. E. LEE railway Rapidan Rappahannock rear retreat Richmond Ridge river says Second Corps sent Sixth Corps soldier Southern Spottsylvania Spottsylvania Court House Stonewall Jackson Stuart success tion troops Union valley victory Virginia Central Railway Warren Washington Wilderness withdraw wounded wrote
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Page 60 - With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
Page 262 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 572 - ... the officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands. The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Page 682 - Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea." BOSWELL. " Lord Mansfield does not." JOHNSON. " Sir, if lord Mansfield were in a company of general officers and admirals who have been in service, he would shrink ; he'd wish to creep under the table.
Page 635 - 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.
Page 575 - 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. 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...
Page 569 - There is nothing left me to do but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.
Page 52 - I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation.
Page 80 - Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellow-citizens, I devote myself to the service of my native state, in whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword.
Page 32 - ... a day when the light of the sun was slowly extinguished, as if by an eclipse. The Legislature of Connecticut was in session, and, as its members saw the unexpected and unaccountable darkness coming on, they shared in the general awe and terror. It was supposed by many that the last day — the day of judgment — had come.