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Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by Captain Robert E. Lee, His Son
Contents
* Chapter I
Services in the United States Army
Captain Lee, of the Engineers, a hero to his childāThe family petsāHome from the Mexican WarāThree years in Baltimoreā
Superintendent of the West Point Military AcademyāLieutenant-Colonel of Second CavalryāSupresses āJohn Brown Raidā at Harperās FerryāCommands the Department of Taxes ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . . 3
* Chapter II
The Confederate General
Resigns from Colonelcy of First United States CavalryāMotives for this stepāChosen to command Virginia forcesāAnxiety about his wife, family, and possessionsāChief advisor to President Davisā
Battle of ManassasāMilitary operations in West VirginiaāLetter to State Governor ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . 24
* Chapter III
Letters to Wife and Daughters
From Camp on Sewellās MountaināQuotation from Colonel Taylorās bookāFrom Professor Wm. P. TrentāFrom Mr. Davisās Memorial AddressāDefense of Southern portsāChristmas, 1861āThe General visits his fatherās graveāCommands, under the President, all the armies of the Confederate States ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . . 48
* Chapter IV
Army Life of Robert the Younger
Volunteer in Rockbridge ArtilleryāāFour Years with General Leeā
quotedāMeeting between father and sonāPersonal characteristics of the GeneralāDeath of his daughter AnnieāHis son Robert raised from the ranksāthe horses, āGrace Darlingā and āTravellerāā
FredricksburgāFreeing slaves ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ 69
* Chapter V
The Army of Northern Virginia
The Generalās sympathy for his suffering soldiersā
ChancellorsvilleāDeath of āStonewallā JacksonāGeneral Fitzhugh Lee wounded and capturedāEscape of his brother Robertā
GettysburgāReligious revivalāInfantry reviewāUnsatisfactory commissariat ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ 91
* Chapter VI
The Winter of 1863-4
The Lee family in RichmondāThe Generalās letters to them from Camps Rappahannock and RapidanāDeath of Mrs. Fitzhugh Leeā
Preparations to meet General GrantāThe WildernessāSpottsylvania Court HouseāDeath of General StuartāGeneral Leeās illness ā¦ 112
* Chapter VII
Fronting the Army of the Potomac
Battle of Cold HarbourāSiege of PetersburgāThe General intrusts a mission to his son RobertāBattle of the CraterāGrant crosses the James RiverāGeneral Longās pen-picture of LeeāKnitting socks for the soldiersāA Christmas dinnerāIncidents of camp life ā¦ 128
* Chapter VIII
The Surrender
Fort Fisher capturedāLee made Commander-in-ChiefāBattle of Five ForksāThe Generalās farewell to his menāHis reception in Richmond after the surrenderāPresident Davis hears the newsā
Leeās visitorsāHis son Robert turns farmer ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . . 144
* Chapter IX
A Private Citizen
Leeās conception of the partāHis influence exerted toward the restoration of VirginiaāHe visits old friends throughout the countryāReceives offers of positionsāCompares notes with the Union General HunterāLongs for a country homeāFinds one at āDerwent,ā near Cartersville ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . 162
* Chapter X
President of Washington College
Patriotic motives for acceptance of trustāCondition of collegeā
The Generalās arrival at LexingtonāHe prepares for the removal of his family to that cityāAdvice to Robert JuniorāTrip to āBremoā
on private canal-boatāMrs. Leeās invalidism ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . . 179
* Chapter XI
The Idol of the South
Photographs and autographs in demandāThe Generalās interest in young peopleāHis happy home lifeāLabours at Washington Collegeā
He gains financial aid for itāWorsleyās translation of Homer dedicated to himāTributes from other English scholars ā¦ ā¦ 198
* Chapter XII
Leeās Opinion upon the Late War
His intention to write the history of his Virginia campaignsā
Called before a committee of CongressāPreaches patience and silence in the SouthāShuns controversy and publicityāCorresponds with an Englishman, Herbert C. Saunders ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . 218
* Chapter XIII
Family Affairs
The General writes to his sonsāTo his wife at Rockbridge Bathsā
He joins her there about once a weekāDistinguised and undistinguished callers at his Lexington homeāHe advocates early hoursāHis fondness for animals ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . . 235
* Chapter XIV
An Ideal Father
Letters to Mildred LeeāTo RobertāTo FitzhughāInterviewed by Swinton, historian of the Army of the PotomacāImprovement in grounds and buildings of Washington CollegeāPunctuality a prominent trait of its PresidentāA strong supporter of the Y.M.C.Aā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ 252
* Chapter XV
Mountain Rides
An incident about āTravellerāāThe Generalās love for childrenā
His friendship with Ex-President DavisāA ride with his daughter to the Peaks of OtterāMildred Leeās narrativeāMrs. Lee at the White Sulphur SpringsāThe great attention paid her husband thereāHis idea of life ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ 264
* Chapter XVI
An Advisor of Young Men
Leeās policy as college presidentāHis advice on agricultural mattersāHis affection for his prospective daughter-in-lawā
Fitzhughās weddingāThe Generalās ovation at Petersburgāhis personal interest in the students under his care ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ 280
* Chapter XVII
The Reconstruction Period
The General believes in the enforcement of law and orderāHis moral influence in the collegeāPlayful humour shown in his lettersāHis opinion of negro labourāMr. Davisās trialāLetter to Mrs. Fitzhugh LeeāIntercourse with Faculty ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . . 299
* Chapter XVIII
Mrs. R. E. Lee
Goest to Warm Springs for rheumatismāHer daughter Mildred takes typhoid thereāRemoves to Hot SpringsāHer husbandās devotionā
Visit of Fitzhugh and bride to LexingtonāMiss Jones, a would-be benefactor of Washington CollegeāFate of Washington relics belonging to Mrs. Leeās family ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ 318
* Chapter XIX
Leeās Letters to His Sons
The building of Robertās houseāThe General as a railroad delegateāLionised in BaltimoreāCalls on President GrantāVisits AlexandriaāDeclines to be interviewedāInterested in his grandsonāThe Washington portraits ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . 339
* Chapter XX
The New Home in Lexington
Numerous guestsāFurther sojourns at different BathsāDeath of the Generalās brother, Smith LeeāVisits to āRavensworthā and āThe White HouseāāMeetings with interesting people at White Sulphur SpringsāDeath of Professor Preston ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ 357
* Chapter XXI
Failing Health
The General declines lucrative positions in New York and Atlantaā
He suffers from an obstinate coldāLocal gossipāHe is advised to go South in the spring of 1870āDesires to visit his daughter Annieās grave ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . . 376
* Chapter XXII
The Southern Trip
Letters to Mrs. Lee from Richmond and SavannahāFrom Brandonā
Agnes Leeās account of her fatherās greetings from old friends and old soldiersāWilmington and Norfolk do him honourāVisits to Fitzhugh and Robert in their homes ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . 388
* Chapter XXIII
A Round of Visits
BaltimoreāAlexandriaāA war-talk with Cousin Cassius Leeā
āRavensworthāāLetter to Doctor Buckler declining invitation to EuropeāTo General CooperāTo Mrs. Lee from the Hot SpringsāTired of public placesāPreference for country life ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ . 412
* Chapter XXIV
Last Days
Letter to his wifeāTo Mr. TagartāObituary notice in āPersonal Reminiscences of General Robert E. LeeāāMrs. Leeās account of his death ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ ā¦ 431
Captain Lee, of the Engineers, a hero to his childāThe family petsā
Home from the Mexican WarāThree years in BaltimoreāSuperintendent of the West Point Military AcademyāLieutenant-Colonel of Second CavalryāSupresses āJohn Brown Raidā at Harperās FerryāCommands the Department of Taxes
The first vivid recollection I have of my father is his arrival at Arlington, after his return from the Mexican War. I can remember some events of which he seemed a part, when we lived at Fort Hamilton, New York, about 1846, but they are more like dreams, very indistinct and disconnectedānaturally so, for I was at that time about three years old. But the day of his return to Arlington, after an absence of more than two years, I have always remembered. I had a frock or blouse of some light wash material, probably cotton, a blue ground dotted over with white diamond figures. Of this I was very proud, and wanted to wear it on this important occasion. Eliza, my āmammy,ā
objecting, we had a contest and I won. Clothed in this, my very best, and with my hair freshly curled in long golden ringlets, I went down into the larger hall where the whole household was assembled, eagerly greeting my father, who had just arrived on horseback from Washington, having missed in some way the carriage which had been sent for him.
There was visiting us at this time Mrs. Lippitt, a friend of my motherās, with her little boy, Armistead, about my age and size, also with long curls. Whether he wore as handsome a suit as mine I cannot remember, but he and I were left together in the background, feeling rather frightened and awed. After a momentās greeting to those surrounding him, my father pushed through the crowd, exclaiming: āWhere is my little boy?ā
He then took up in his arms and kissedānot me, his own child in his best frock with clean face and well-arranged curlsābut my little playmate, Armistead! I remember nothing more of any circumstances connected with that time, save that I was shocked and humiliated. I have no doubt that he was at once informed of his mistake and made ample amends to me.
A letter from my father to his brother Captain S. S. Lee, United States Nave, dated āArlington, June 30, 1848,ā tells of his coming home: āHere I am once again, my dear Smith, perfectly surrounded by Mary and her precious children, who seem to devote themselves to staring at the furrows in my face and the white hairs in my head. It is not surprising that I am hardly recognisable to some of the young eyes around me and perfectly unknown to the youngest. But some of the older ones gaze with astonishment and wonder at me, and seem at a loss to reconcile what they see and what was pictured in their imaginations. I find them, too, much grown, and all well, and I have much cause for thankfulness, and gratitude to that good God who has once more united us.ā
My next recollection of my father is in Baltimore, while we were on a visit to his sister, Mrs. Marshall, the wife of Judge Marshall. I remember being down on the wharves, where my father had taken me to see the landing of a mustang pony which he had gotten for me in Mexico, and which had been shipped from Vera Cruz to Baltimore in a sailing vessel. I was all eyes for the pony, and a very miserable, sad-looking object he was. From his long voyage, cramped quarters and unavoidable lack of grooming, he was rather a disappointment to me, but I soon got over all that. As I grew older, and was able to ride and appreciate him, he became the joy and pride of my life. I was taught to ride on him by Jim Connally, the faithful Irish servant of my father, who had been with him in Mexico. Jim used to tell me, in his quizzical way, that he and āSanta Annaā (the ponyās name) were the first men on the walls of Chepultepec. This pony was pure white, five years old and about fourteen hands high. For his inches, he was as good a horse as I ever have seen. While we lived in Baltimore, he and āGrace Darling,ā my fatherās favourite mare, were members of our family.
Grace Darling was a chestnut of fine size and of great power, which he had bought in Texas on his way out to Mexico, her owner having died on the march out. She was with him during the entire campaign, and was shot seven times;
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