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}s r HN, ROBEIRT -. I,11. A Birthday Moniorial to tho South orn Ohioftain, A CONDENSED BIOGRAPHY, Life of the Great Confederate Military Leader. morn on the 10th of January, 1807, Died on the 12th of Ootober, 1870.is1 Strong Character--His Stern Sonso of Justice-Ills Distinguished Ancestry. His Devotion to His Mother and His Love for Children. Great mon of great epochs aro few. Gen. Robert Edward Lee, whoso birthday this sketch is designed to commoniorato, was ono. It has been said that "history will declaro that the mortal remains of tho man which reposo in the vault beneath the littlo chapel in the lovely Virginia valley aro not only those of a valorous soldier, but those of a great and good American." "Success often gilds the shallow man, but it is disaster alone that r veals tho qualities of true greatness." OEN. ROn ERT E. LEE. Gen. Robert E.Loo's friends havo taken comfort in referring to the splendors of his descent. They trace hin back to puro Nor man blood, and his American ancestors woro distinguished men from the irst Rtichar"d Loo, who camo over to Virginia in tho reign of Charles I as seetary to the colony and mem ber of the king's privy council. His father, Gen. Henry L.co ("Light Horse Harry"), was threo times choson governor of Virginia, and ho represented Westmoreland in the Virginia conven tion which ratifled the Federal Constitution after a severo struggle, in whiclh Patrick Henry used his eloquonce to defeat it. Heo was a writor as well as a revolutionary soldier, who during the revolutionary war conunand ed Leo's legion, under Gen. Greene, in the southern department of tho.United States, and wroto his "Momoirs" of that war. Ho delivered the funoral oration of Gon. Wash ington in congress, and tho resolutions ho drey up on this occasion contained these celebrated words: "First in wvar, irst in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. LE A Roe E. LOliwas te yoestso o Honr i. o wa os ornds htafrdo te Hill Crtoinreauer tof th. spleos ofrter, ofn bhileey, ond thi Jamesrivr. anesos fawer disticsed married frst to fist RLo,and then wo Miss ovrer to Virginia risthecreig ofth CHstory knws roert tE Lcon asnh solier; onrlo h friends pkny oucil.ste a-b Christfatgentleman. Perhap Leo manLover hads arryclaim to thtrito timan hosni iovil,e sof agnomiac ra:dthonrpsantd ~so frind iubnd ftheVrgnan isrcor of thong--iho ratise thu felraw ostitn.iHe nfe ever e stoo ugto enes Onich f htis biogryaphers sdfhim:ouoc to defa, unsophis wia rter chilla eolutnary wsldir, whodrng uhturoadol.toar arcenand ae viruos lekhseiion, n,e wer1. Gfree , im pldo,ntgo mhi ."mi"oftawa. o :gtisi coaresLsf and Educastions liss Eml V. ontiMasoin hc"ouain Lies ofbrGo. Lword,"Frst sp aks ofhirst ipeace,fo "Whet n the hears uf hies ontrysmenher" mo edto S leAra hOU' better.t dct hiobhiern and here waso anyounesrson yet livngy Lhat l w whoi iJrmemoro hm on Jhatnuary age0. Hils mheloo was Are and Cter,ghluher of hr. CharlesCater,fo oSlvey, epn im. Jh amly rived on fam-e waon tieet narid tho hlhiss chur,n then ton Oisc Catre, andirgfterarica hofhue Hior nosobr .Le as thilparoonigr. Chritibn gentld ean. Pllury Leo wa absent badn srerW ciest that tusit thf ho.th ndi ii, inool b;andm doblste etoawten-a ti son Cred, hub,fther uln and iambructor o they:'obg-he was witou aw goodsa, lIe cnfermseed to hisapyuness. mOne of hi.s oerathful sad oflim:c".ionad, moter.'i t"Wen chidlier was(l 11 yares lis ifafthey uited, Fror ios eligtn'tm dho by odrn catuh, earny ao te gracsiano asend virteliad s contro,a werla o arest lo, v aniqn lui.n,., ,,,,,,e,n wfiCn 11 i'ta.Mie< tbltouglhout his lit'e. "This good mothetvas a great invalid; one of his sisters was delicate, and many years absent in Philadelphia, under tho care of physicia'ns. Tho oldest son, Carter, was at Cambridgo, Sidney Smith 'in tho navy, and the other sister too young to be of much aid in household natttrs. So Robert was the housekeeper, attended to the marketing, gave the orders and took care of his mother's horses. ARLINGTON. "At the hour when other scrhoolboys went to play ho hurried home to order his mother's drive, and would carry her in his arms to tho carriage, and arrange her cushions with tho gentleness of an oxpe:" meed nurse. One of his relatives, who was %-dten the companmion of these drives, still lives. 5he tells us of tho exertions he would itdko to ent'rtain and amuse his mother, assuring her, with the gravity of an old man, that unless sho was cheerful the drive would not benefit her. When sho complained of cold or draughts he would pull from his pocket a great jack knifo and newspaper and uako her laugh with his efl'orts to improviso curtains and shut out the intrusivo wind which whistled through tho crevices of the old family coach. "When he left her to go to West Point, his mother said: 'How can 1 live without Robert? Ho is both son and daughter to inc.' "Years after, when ho came home from Vost Point, ho found one of tho chief actors of his childhood's drana-his mother's old coachman, 'Nat'-ill and throatened with consumption. He immediately took him to the milder climate of Georgia, nursed hin with the tenderness of a son, and secured for him tho best medical help. But the spring time saw the faithful old servant laid in the gravo by the hands pf his :ind young master." No man, however renowned in public life, can be said to have reached i symmetrical development of character, who i.i not hIabitu ally courteous and considerate toward thore whomI ho daily comes in contact.. The defi nition of a gentleman given by Princeton college would have fitted General Leo per fectly: "0no who habitually considers tho happiness and comfort of others before his own.,, General Leo's first teacher was Mr. W. 13. Leary, aln Irish gentleman, leariod anl very efficient as a teacher. Under his tuition tho future general acquiredt a knowledgo of and fondness for tho classics. Tho master and pupil were warm friends throughout lifo. When it was decided that he w:s to go to West Point, he entered the scheol of Mr. Benjamin IIallowell, who was for many years a famous teacher in Aloxandria, in order to perfect himself in mathematics. Mir. IIallo well, though a strong Unionist during the war, always spoke enthusiastically of Lee. Ieo was 18 years old when ho entered West Point, where ho was a favorito with cadets, professors and oillcers, anid was grad uated second in an unusually b:illiant class, without over having rcceived a sin:le domerit. Soon after ho was called to the deathbel of his mother whon ho nursed to her dying hour with tho tondere-t .devotion. IlIe often said that to her ho "owed everything." His Marrla;;o and MilhItatry Servico Un der Gen. Scott. On Juno 80, 1831, ie married Mary llai dolph Custis, only daughter of George Wash ington Parko Custis, the grandson of Martha Washington and adopted son of George Wash ington. By this marriage Lieut. Leo became a frequent resident at Arlington, his wifo's hono; the Arlington that was even then his toric becauso of the treasures of Washingt on it contained, but which Is doubly so now, b)e cause of the National cemetery loented en Arlington heights. This antiquo niansioni Is located on tho heights opposite Washington city. The place was also the first camp)ing ground of the Federal army upon its entry into Virginia sixty years. after WVashngtou's death. On leaving West Point, Robert E. Leo received the appointmntt of second heuten. ant In the corps of engineers, and was first ordered to Cockspur ijlandl, necar S3avmah a. After his marriage o e as sent to Old Point, Vai., where lie remainecd for t lbrco years. Ini 18:35 lhe was appointed assistant surveyor' for marikingp out the biounduary linio hect ween Ohio and Michigan. A year later he was~ inido firstI iteinnt, and in July, 198 e.np.O tai of eninieoirs. Ini 18i8-t) he was senit Ic imprl)ove thio navigtion of the Missiaippi at Sit. Louis and to open a passage for Ihe ri vet at the D)es Moines rapids. Thlere was dannget that the M'issi..sippi woiubl cut a ebiaiel oni thme fllinois side, which would have proved t he (leatih of St. Louis, comimerciahly. Lo con colved1 and( executed a plan whih avertedl this danitger. Capt. Leo w~as sent to Fort Hlamiltoni, in' Nowv Yorkc harbor, and whbilo there, ,in 18-1 i was nppoited one of the board of visit.ors t< the WVest Point academy. May of tihe letter, written to his family during thos'o year's havt been prVCesee andl published. All show that the buisy enginecer was ever the loving thought fud husband and father. Paege aftei page was writteii to his children, (xp,rssinyh his love for themn, anid roeminding: them ol their dutics to each othier and to their mot her, To hisi boys lhe wrote repeatedly ini these ai similar words: "You must, take great care oii your kindu mother and( dear Siste'rs." Anr again in 18-17, after the difliculties withI Mex Ico had culinatedh ini a (heclaration of host ill ties and.Capt. Lco was assignecd to t he ceuitra army ini Mexico, as chief eninieer uindm Gen. WVool, lhe writes to his sor.s: "'I shalh not feol miy long separation fromi you, if] find that my absenceo has been of no injury (< you, and( that you~ have b)oth grown in good iiess and knowledlge, nut well as stat iure. Ihut all, howv much I wvill sull'or on mny return ii the reoverso has occurired. You entor inito ali my thoughts, in all muy prayers; andu omn you in part, will doendi whether I shell ho hanpp) or mniseralo, as you knew how much I lovc you. You must do all ini your piower- to savWi (len. Scott nioted the yoing officer's mili. tary genius and appointed him11 to a posit ler Oim hi n)rm.aa atani'.o, an ., wa. a.al h,i bIography,ito says: "I am qotmpoiled to make special mention of Capt. R. E: Leo, engineer. This officer greatly distinguished hinself at the siego of Vora Cruz." And at Cerro Gordo Qen. Scott wrote: "I am compelled to make special niention of Capt. Rt. E. Leo, engineer. This ofilcer was indefatigablo dur ing these operations hi reconnoissances, as daring as laborious, and of tho utmost value. Noi' was ho leIs conspicuous in placing bat teries and in conducting columns to their sta tions under the heavy fire of the enemy." It, is said that when Gun. Scott was asked 'what was the most daring achievement of the war, ho sa"id,'Leo's crossing the Pedrigal." The Pedrigal is a vast pathlss fleld o vol canic rock lying botween Chorubuse and Sani Augustin and south of San Augustin several mile.;. It was only passablo by day light with great peril, but Capt. Leo crossed it at night alone, carrying a messago from B3rig. Gen. Smith to Gen. Scott. In Bcott's own words: "The greatest feat of physical and moral courago performied by any indi vidual, in my knowledge, pending the cam paign." Santa Anna was on the right and Valencia on the loft, and the slightest dovia tion on his part either way would have thrown Capt. Leo into the hands of one of them. lie had nothing to guide him on his way but the direction of the wind. Leo was wounded at Chapultepec. He was twice promoted for his services in Mexico. In 1&17 ho was breveted major for gallant and meritorious conduct In the battle of Cerro Gordo, and later was breveted lieutenant colonel for brav-ry at Contreras and Cheru busco. Year: after Gen. Scott said: "Leo is the greatest military genity in America." Sul,erintendent at West Point and Fight ing Indlans in Texas. After tho Mexican troubles were over Col. Leo Was appointedt a member of the board of engincors and stationed at Sollor's Point, near Baltimoro. Ile was busy with the construc tion of Fort Calhoun until mado superintend ent of the military academy at West Point in 1852, where he remained three years. During his admuiinistration tho courso of study was exteindel to five years, and numerous ini proveiieinis were miado in the academy and its surroundings. It was he who built the fine riding lml, mado the good road, the whiarf and,; other imprnovemenits. i.id owet.(Just as h1o left it.) In 1u5, whe.n soveral new cavalry regi mntts were rrgatnizedl, Col. Leo was commis :;ioned lieu'.tna nt uolonc"l of the F3eond cav.. tllry, whiolh was conunanded by Col. Alhert tiidneyvOdn of Cotnfede"rate famne, who w\as!a l at :::;iloht. This regiment fur nit-hed m-my t o.'ie-.r:s of high rank to both attrmi'" dur': ) ihnlte war, andl produced mortl 1; :'3 han any regiment ,i' the old army. (;ni. t:->'rge 11. Thomas, the b ,loved "PpThu:na:,," of thto Federal army, and Jolmioni, ::o,n :m and Palmer, also Union i:st:: an Hrte(e, Van Doern, Kirby Smith, IIuoo., F"i:l'l, Cosby, IFitzrhught Lee, Confed crates. For it'vtral yea.; thi.; regiment was en gaged (:an. ho Indtianis in Texas. Col. Leo wats uvler act ive, and in onio of the battles distingishedic himself. In at l.ttter to his wifo dated at Fort Drown, Tex-N., Doe:. :7, 1:;;t, speaking of President I'irees mran v,rhicht hia somtethiing to say metiinst ut nsc of th t,"Y rn,. h ,; wr t1,: "There arefew, I beivin h enih ~ fl/ enedage wh wil no acnowldgetha slvr as n nsttuio isamoa,adp 1~ liia vli aycuty t sueest Irt L"1 0e mihl a. ml%t ig ilenc of. temet o1 )Ileryk sntralversy." rymgi m:eis f ee' orfi:lrs l who re witheomhim air, bi 11im1 has toli mhodconsCtol e mailo himsel mate of oery~nt fdeti, whoe feet knowledge .T Stern a Thes reimnt mautr of duty, h'o attra.cted:' looadcoiln IIowasa fvoitIe lt chigre,and hio bet happy' an<ayinhi reene (UTh oce Urwninurecioin atl) Hrpier't Frr theol the ins (f L.e's recal t1'olWash ingto. loe "l'heI' co:un:md. of the eralnto Texasy, and wa sationed .a. Sani:u fil Ani. ls nin Rign s Hadis01c Comnisin aen, Girby with hee, "k't hoiy !i'liLe Confedercy eA earltr.he h ontyws.o l ig o thi brtinke, an iupheaval, the bater ism aof jtlh shern sttshafeeddfo "Soua ter tonfiedea," a wart wown, 'rxy air,.ho relinquihedhisi comm. Presdui reported'.to ithae, cnandor-inhifg toW ushy aingtn.h lewas of Viri~nn andk wit the imaoritof ifrgiians, clung eti the o-a didtc iho intl Dt.omnion sathoref wrtels, troopiir tire fw I obeliene, ithi niherbo drs , e i ll Cmonfederanolg tad went ver i til hertiiiii fote wliomth the( now lt o uiiil l coury.av hohling "bodert (!t.:te Oil ioos fdlowd.aThe.o ilr of ihe a rcm andl toavy whitea thod togter ast brouher,h epart somo to fa iht tgins Ctihe flathey had peviouvslyu sere,ooher slto fen d ii. an boh fto trraed agstom andi fome omraee,les whlowcve sohiers.ii Col I:. Le resi11gnetod hiv co missiound e rd is erv;icest tof ting sundern im e fedcy. w nde hiItcr of le s iniatnrh ofaity " Imt ld hae lve ndesnieonc. btY fortc (h fstryl i hs rcsie theparatn myselfa fro aerice uto wi1)ch' I aor dovot te all~ the bes yercfm f,adall th)Wsigtm.le guihd afmlcri the Fedealm Ocor for mre thn a hruaryt lof a cetury and'd ito wasscon fodenlI.ly oieved) that a desatnlt 'inedas andb dvo 'itiel at ad Aion. ngmr li wa espnsib il(ellfor tsh to atemeIn tha t,ei det Lical' 1.ent oine tfhi caneta toife imago the ommand of thl me amy, nndh Gien. matin, ofndm saidthm tas h ado ecdm foae rell:rec "Jle tyln have nudllior-i-l) t. greats itoofyu life;sa bugitl, fad witul the wrofllt:C "W iithalls, cevoi to the Union, anid the fee1lii no loyalte and'f dut lfat, AmerIenu eitizeni, Ihao unish leen alo of have,5I theefre rleigndlO mytcommission br tIes army, and, sa oidfenso fly ndv stat, wit th hicer opolle ththe ynoo s'orvs ma nover bo~ nlaedd lI(i 'horderma neveohoca ll oned todraw myica' wofd t] kn(to you wllJd blamo0 o but ouaimust tin!e asrindly of mrals yonm fello, anodibelrvth. WASHINGTON AND LIE1 UNIVEnSITY. Col. Leo was at onco invited to take com uand of the Confedcrato forces of his etate. On April 22, a few days after the frst gun was fired on Fort Sutmter, ho left the hono ho was never to see again, and went to Richmond. The governor at once nominated him as ma jor general, with command of the forces al ready organized In Virginia. Tho state con vontion unanimously confined the nomina tion. Gen. Leo was presented to the conven tion on April 28, by the chairman of the inill tary conmnitto, and -was received with ex travagant enthusiasm. IIo at once organized the state forces aind put things in a defensive attitude. Thirty thousand men wore soon collected Inl Virginia. These Leo organized and distributed. l1e worked incessantly, carefully examinihg into the minutest details, and, it is said, "lnado the reputation of a skillful organizer of armies before ho conmenced the career of activo commander in the field." In July of the same year the Confederate congress tmado Gen. Leo a full general in tho Confederate service, ranking next to Gon. Albert Sidney Johnston, the list being Cooper, A. S. Joln - ston, Lee, Joseph E. Johnston nml lleaure gard. A month later ho took command of the forces in western Virginia, a dillicult and disagreeable field of service. lio said: "I am ready to take any position thocountry assigns Ino, and do the best I can." Ono of his biographers says of him: "This was the secret of his successes; ho always did 'his best,' thinking nothing which ho undertook too small to be done faithfully." And his wife said of him that attention to small tmat ters was pro-einiently his characteristic. Despito his earnest efforts to carry out his plans this campaign of Lee's was a failure, and ho returned to Richmond in November, weighted with defeat and unappreciated and even condemned by the people he served. IIo boro all unfavorable criticism in silence. lie was then put in charge of the coast defenses of Georgia and South Carolina, superintend ing the construction of fortifications. Iis work in that fleld made him new popularity and esteem. But ho was recalled to Rich mond in March, 1302, with the now appoint ment of commanding general, to take in charge the entiro military preparations of the Confederacy, a position hoonly retained a few months, leaving it for a st-ill more act ivo field. To hint are largely due t ho fortiflca tions which mado the siege of Ricumond so loug and so desperate. In all his military movemonts he was very reserved. He practiced the tnmxin of his great lieutenant, "Mystery is tho secret of success." The 1lattlo of Cold 11arbor-Leo leetlug Jalckson. It was the morning before the battlo of Cold Harbor. Gen. Leo sat silent on the steps of a house on HIogaun's plantation, while a crowd of oflicors talked, plmnned and counciled around him. It was past noon; Hill and Longstreet halted with their mon awaiting Stonewall Jackson's right at Now Cold liar bor; a courier announces to Lee that Jackson was at hand; this was tho tin dotormined upon for action. About noon the battle bo gan. At the end of two hours Leo sent Long street to mako a diversion in favor of the at tacking columns, and orders for a general ad vanco were given. Then amid the belching n 1gmy -i * JACKCSON AND) LEI: AT COLa) iiAnnlon, of cannon andt tho rattling of musketry a migtycer arose. Tlhe wordls "Jackson, Jackson," ran along tio linesn, "ini a shout so wild and triumphant," says one who was presenit, "that it rolled acr'ioss the woods and1 reached the ears of the Federal army." TheI same soldier, who can write as well as fight, has written this dlramiatic dlescrip)tioni oif the vecry dIramnatie ove'it, tihe ineeting between Leo and Jacsoni that iniuediately took pliace. Jackson was rinmg a raw boned sorrel, with, his knees drawn up by thme ishort, strrups;, his eyes peerig out from beneath the low rium of his pad ded( cap); ther'o was absolutely nothing abiout him, nave the dingy mstars on his collar, -to tiinleato hIs rank. Leo, oni the contrary, was clad In a neat unIform, without deccorat ionms, rode an excellenmt aug carefully groomed hor-s-, and1 overy detail of his personi, every miovemienat of limo (rec. anid graceful figure of the most statelty cavalir In the southern army, rev-~ealedl his (levated chairactler, the consciousnoss or commnanid, a ampei:-s ofr mioral aiid oflcal gran-leur, b,oth of wvhichm it was imi p)ossibIe to mistake. Thmo Ainlmty lhad made both these hunmn beIngs truly great ; to onily one0 of thema had lie glveni thme addiltionl gr:ceo of looking great. "Ahm, general,"' said T,o, grasin~,g JTacksoan's hiandt, "I cm very glad to coo you; I hoped to have beein with you be-fore." Jackoni saluted, and retuarnedi thie pjressre of that, bend, of whose owmiar lhe said: "ii,o in a phienom-nomn; lie I.- the only iman I wonld follow blindfol." (Jen. Iao then looked withI aniriety ini the dh','tion of the firIig on1 the( l-ft. "That fire is very Iheavy," be s'id,. ini his deepi 0oc, "'I) you tilnk your meon can slanti it, genri-' Jackson Itrned his hieadl quiekIy. listened for an instanit, andi lien replied in the curt tones so) familIar to all who knew-i him: "They cani standl albnios anylIn m, geneural. Thmey can rItnd thiat" 'Tenm muiinutes afteor uti terid thiese words Jaicksoni naluitd his couimmanimder, iut mipulrs to is rawl b)oned hors-, andh went, at full mspeed tom rejoihis corps, which, In bisownt words, had closedi in umponm thu front andI rear of the eniemy, andi was presslig forward. Leo ro mnained( at, the center. Theror ho was reatdy to dleiver his' great.blow. TJhmis was on10 of the imost, stubbhorn hattles of the w~ar, and was won by the Confederates. Ucn. Mclellan wos dreivomn back to t he Chickahonminy. It wa ;Iko's gene(raLlship whieb-I gainedl the Confederates the "H-erondiu Battle of Manas iaSI," anmd bni;ied the Fedeorals' third ad(vnce omn itichumond. Rio Leads 11IIs A rmy to tihe 'ronitier. (Jon. Loo( detcemine'd to1 transuufer hmis army imnto Maryhamnd, thus chanigling tIhe theiatro of wvar froml the interior' to thle fronmtier. Onm Flept. :3, near tho mouthi oif tho Mlonio"ny, t( tihe sounmds of maialm music, sininmg "Mary) land, My Maryland," (ho "Yagged rebels15 crosseid thmo Poutoumac, elatedl andi joyful aIt the accomplihimnt (ir thu-ir ong (hmishl urenit, . "Thouimsmlmi," msaid (Gen. Lece, "art withtouit mhoes." Ono of the oilcra'~ of Ipe'. Staff says thamt when, laiter' Iso pmased t.brough llnger'stown, onoc of a group of iadieo on the sidewalk e'xcla,imemd, as miho Ih',t san Leec: "Oh, what a niagnmilleenit mean; why h lhe not oni ourm sido I" IAfter' tIme bacttlo of Sharepshureg Leo with. drew again across thi( P otomne(, andl t h1 ox peditioni into Marylamnd was over'. Time bloody Loo, Jackson, Longstrct ant3 ituars tooa part against 3urnsido. The romainder of that bitter whiter was passed by Ieo's army noar Fredericksburg, the soldiers undergoing greet suffering. An English gentleman visited Uen. Leo about this time, and describes him as surrounded by none of the pomp and ceremony conski erel necessary in European enamps, although treated with profound respect and oven filial lovo by his soldiers. After the winter tho battle of Chancellors villo was fought, which cost Lo "his right arm," ea. Jachsont. This battle las been painted again ald agai by graphio pens. Leu's wlolo army charged upon the Federal works at Chaneol lorsville, and four times lost atd won. Tho woods were ablaze, the wounded lay thick underfoot with tho flames ronring arountd theml and crceping upon then, the Chancel lorsvillo house was burning, making a great A- . N l.i: AS Co11-O r'1::,u)n:r.r. torch to light, tho awful scene, the ilr* was dense with smol:e and thick with bullets anl shell, while tim t"houts of the colbIatallts, the rattle of nusketry and tho ronr of artillery made the sceno terrille. The victory for tho Confederates was pu'r.'hased at a fearful cost --tho death of Jaclksoi. "From1 that hour till the end," says Emily Mason in her "Popular Lifo of Leo," "on Leo alone rested the burden which only Jackson h heen Competent to shar"e.1 By the last of Juno the whole Confederato army was at Clamber:burg. Tho two armies gr'avitatedl to G.etty:-bu1r;., antd on July 2, i;1tl3, were face to fare, and thn begaun the mortnorahlo hat t Io of hist ory which enlded in a victory for the Federal army. The 3d of July datwied and they still tonfrointed eacli other; n1111 11he0 4th dawned on Lee'sdisianitled army, which retreated the next day. Col. Free mantle, who was l>resent att the battle of Get tysburg, said of ILeo ni'ter the repulso: If Loigstreet's condcit, was illiiralle, thait of in. I0 wtast Ierfetly suihin'. 1' was . - gagied in rallying and nconrttiing (is' hrolen troops. 11d wvat riding ahout. i litite i fr'nt of the staff, ciulte aloun, ilie whole of his st:aff helag engaged in a sintilar ninner tiirtim hr t. the rear. Ills fne, which is always Illt d andl clerful, t!id not show igns of the slightest dlis:i ,ehiietnt, care o' annov'atie", nud Ihe was w hI ressinIg to every thllier he mit n few worIls of enconit;e ment,. Few ftill to antswer[ his appeil, anm I saw mnany b:adtly woundted inen ta ' fi I hir hits and cheer him. Ile said to lote: "This has Ihoeen a sad day for ics, Colon-l --a sud dlay: bitt, we ann't expect. aliwys o gain victorles." tOne of his gin. erals eoning up in grat disitsS, hlunentIng 11li stat of hfit brigale, (eni. I.ce shook Iutita wit hI him, leying, "Neve'r minId. general: ill i his huas iein iiy fault. It i I 1lut, hnlve lest thi; light, andt you iintut, help me out, of it in thteo be.t way you cal." Last Iuny:: of the Confederniey-t.oeo' fiur vender. Vicksburg fell, the Contfedtrty . : but the summer passed without ft :ei' do veloptnents. Tho winter of l5;I foundl Lee-'s armny au(ffering for the( n11enns of subsistentue, and depleted by fre<pient deser tions. The spiring brought the itt!o of the tilderntesv, whero (ien. Jenkins fell <l:ai aunt Longst.reet was wouinded. 'I'hen followed the battles of i4pttt,sylvania Court llotse, andl Sheridan:m's envalry raid toward Itichmonid, and ini early Junie the sec'Lond( hat.tl0 of' Col I:lHror'. Lter0i in the samel lui.Lth t he iiego (If P'eter:dmirg wa':s b eguni. L ate ini J1uly (oc curred what is knlown ini the oulth) as tho battle of I he C'rater. nd Iater t hat of WVin chestor and Fishier's II ill." Tho winter oIf 1801I found Les ar imty st ill mloroe des5titulte, fully deserving the inamo t.hey had11 given t heiniseives-"Lee's .'lIiserables," aifter Victor I ilgol's "15es Miserbles," which was Inuchel readi just, then, even by thle sol diers. Cooke dbescibes thlenl na array,ed in rags; their shoes soleless, t heir (conlts sleeve less, their lanlkets ini shreds. Thriough all Leo reiedlfIIC c'heer'ful an<l( ('oliosed. Lee's army was reduiced to 30,001) 1nen1 an11( stretcched along a linio foil y miiles ini extent, conlfronltinig GrantllL of 1G1,000. Eatrly In Thle ilghts at,I lare's 11i1l, ivie l'rki, thmo last (ays nt I Pel.ersburig aind thle defenlso of Fort, U re';; fIllowedIs . Itichmon flOlIell andi Lee led his nrimy ini the famotis six days' retreat from Pcterhburg. hi is oblject wasx to maiike 111.1 wiiy illto North Carol ina. lIt,t his ar'my was star'ving niuil ihe suppl(iexpieted to iiet, them) at AniieliaCourt, I lioin3: wero lost in the fires of I ichmliond, wlilb ('(lebrateid Iho doom11 of the Conm federnecy. Oni the ret irent they had a strug.;le wit hi Hieiidan, wihen the rag ged!, itarin g vet.eriins1 fought, I!ercely, thleir haggardl faces ''lit,iiup by theo glare of the burning wagons." ISoon followed the urrendier of Leo an<d the nriiy (If V'irghin to Grnti. Ini the village of Apponmattox Court Hous1e, at, the bruiss' of Mr'. W ilmner M'Clean, A pr il 0, 1805, thle two) con2mmnneri miet, A Aederal oillecr thus ides"ribe s Lee's nlppear'aneo: - -'- - MAnY (t'STi t,tis. Ge. ,e ltiAunh:,liaidwn,ht neerheer p.wte hesae . iicn phskuofo wic he/ ha lasb nntd 11 asnnlydese ngrye!:,v.-./u m posure, bu at l on rudly bel thii:' . i hn growinge iie l .1d war. .oi o .i hi:lo 111ksIiof i.' hal thrown nlor.s h nppe li(Ir I aoa' II.e sla Is fuly ( smix feet oneIn withodnt. or ig15 burdeith u: of super-I~ ( fluos iloil . in ing1111i 11 th 1)-:hol intri w he. wasI rIr d and 'di,;fed: tower e b Iordering ony :c taciiy, buot wasil freel rom ll hibiio of. I hsof throi;hamty o p: Oess- .genlman who'i hd" veryi dI'isgreae dui to -rform buit fail di teriinid to lgt though it a wp0 (nd as onea hen T olirad leai,ill'i ( i roe hatri had take nty plaet he5 broko rnks: aldc ruhted upt v<ehry slt-iruell i glt takp 'hfim bt huwa d and nom&s.h.u nfn'oa. Jo a _m_u.. througli the war together I havo donWAn b best I could for you; my heart W tbq full to eay moro." Tho surronder wa% not celebrated with nluslo and cheers by the victors. That night the two armies, enomies no longer, slept side by sido without foar of surprise. On the 12th of April, the arny of northern Virginia made its last sad iarch to Appomattox Court liouso, where they laid down their arias and their colors. (Ien. Leo bad alroady departed under Federal escort for Richmond, which he reached on the evening of the same day. As ho rodo through the streets on his faithful Traveler that had borno hin through so many dangers, men, women and children rushed out to meet him and shout a welcome. Even the United States soldiers crowded about his door and saluted hin with respect. Ills Lifo as Collogo President and Hlis Death. In the following August Con. Leo was pro. vailed upon to accept the presidency of Wash. ington college at Lexington, Va., now known as the Washington and Leo university, and was installed on the 2dl of October. The collego was in a dilapidatod condition, its buildings in a state of i'min, its library do stroyed, its faculty dispirited and disorganized and its endowmnnt so small that it loft but little room for hope that the institute could bo put in condition to receive students. These dificulties only onhaneod Gon. Leo's interest and activity in it. "I1 found the college bankrupt; Io loft it rich and crowded with students." Ho labored incessantly and earn estly to nako it contpleto in all particulars, and found pleasuro in the work. To an old comrade in arms ho wrnte: "I an charmed with the duties of civil life." After taking chargo of the college he had offors of large salaries to identify himsolf, it in nane only, with prosperons insurance conl)anhi's and great nuanufacturing associa tions. Ono offered him $10,000 a year and another $50,000, both of which he refused, becauso ho would not recoivo pay where he did not render service, and his college duties engrossed his entire tilno and strength; yot his salary as the presidont vas only a modest $8,000, it is said. Gen. Leo was sumnoned before the eon tressional committee on reconstruction in March, 1800, and later as a witness in the pro posed trial of Jefferson Davis, and these were the only occasions on which ho appeared bo fore the public after the surrender. Ills health began to fail two or threo years beforo his death. lie (ied at ) o'clock on the morning of the 12tit of October, 1870. For so1no days previous he hail boon delirious anl ho talked of battles won and lost, o1 action on the field and the movements of the enemy. Among his last words were: "Strike Imv tent! Stoil for Hill!" 'ihoy bore his body to the college chapel escorted by a guard of honor coniposed of Confodernto soliers. Next the hearse was led the general's fanous horse Travolor, who survived him but a few months. They buried hi'i clay in a tomb benouth the chapel. Ac cording to his request no funeral oration was PltoP<: D MONUMENT TO LET AT nICHIMOND I 0ron1onn1el over his hlboy. I1ov. William N. endl-ton, his ol fricinI, rea<l the burial services of th Episcopal church, of which he was a nlenber. IHero rests his mortal part, but where brave men iro gathered in the up per world lhero will bo found his soul. In liclmon<d, Iho city ho defended, a mon umnent is to hbe raia'el to his lnonmory. Its site is in a pitark. 'The fotiuattion will be i broad and elevated terrneo overlooking the city, tie river and the valley. Charles A. Niohmaus, of incinnamti, lias furnuishied thme design. The lnadies of V irginia p)r4)enred the funmds to erect tihe moinmunent,. A nimnssivo pedestal su pports tho bironzo st.nt ne, which is to ho of heiroimc size, on horsenek. Tlhe p)edestal is of granmite. with inlaitd tablet,sof coloreul marble. IaOne iac of tho two opphosite sides are two cnryntles in granite, fonr in all. TIhey rep resenit P'eace', Just iceQ, I eligionm ani Patriot lism. Famie, Warii nmid ('hi:mrity aro also figured in b)roinze. At oj,j,ostto si<les of tihe base are inrc-reliefs of "''mo I)eparttimro" ndt "The "WVin'n tiIs iinontuineit, is raiserd," says a wrriter, "'many a inaun wvill vi.'it lRichioned to stani(l besido it., to (14) rovereneoe to the ro mahinls it' nmy cover, nn<l( to) say, "1 loe lies the biody of one oif theo noles1t moen who over livedl or dic<l ini Ainerlen." For nmameh of the inifort- ion ini thiis skcetchm, nnid also for sozito of thei~ not:; interesting II Ilustraltions, wo e intebt ml : to th e "P4eu aonal Itov. J. Willi.nni Jl.':t, I). I)., p4ulishel bty I). Ai,i,letnni & ('.lo New '. ork,i~ an<.l to thme "l'opumlar IM of r enm. I aibert. J.. Lee.," by & Co., of 13itjim;e. pUS LAPRP isonifle ninPhiladelnita N. 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