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... Lee , Lee of Virginia , soon to become one of the very few really great commanders of the world . As Lee came up to the hotel at San Antonio he was warmly greeted by Mrs. Darrow , the anxious wife of the confidential clerk to Major ...
... Lee , Lee of Virginia , soon to become one of the very few really great commanders of the world . As Lee came up to the hotel at San Antonio he was warmly greeted by Mrs. Darrow , the anxious wife of the confidential clerk to Major ...
Page 10
... Lee had suffered for the other , she wrote her recollection of that memorable day in these few , telling words : " I shall never for- get his look of astonishment , as , with his lips trem- bling and his eyes full of tears , he ...
... Lee had suffered for the other , she wrote her recollection of that memorable day in these few , telling words : " I shall never for- get his look of astonishment , as , with his lips trem- bling and his eyes full of tears , he ...
Page 11
... Lee's final words in Texas , car- ries us to the point of parting : " I still think my loyalty to Virginia ought to ... Lee reached Washington on the first of March . Lincoln , delivering his Inaugural on the fourth , brought the country ...
... Lee's final words in Texas , car- ries us to the point of parting : " I still think my loyalty to Virginia ought to ... Lee reached Washington on the first of March . Lincoln , delivering his Inaugural on the fourth , brought the country ...
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... Lee used to express his regret that all the greatest strategists were tied to their edi- torial chairs . But sterner feelings were aroused | against that recalcitrant State Governor , Joseph Brown of Georgia , who declared eight ...
... Lee used to express his regret that all the greatest strategists were tied to their edi- torial chairs . But sterner feelings were aroused | against that recalcitrant State Governor , Joseph Brown of Georgia , who declared eight ...
Page 94
... Lee and Jack- son , Grant and Sherman , the other four great leaders in the Civil War , Farragut was not an American whose ancestors on both sides had come from the British Isles . Like Lee , however , he was of very ancient lineage ...
... Lee and Jack- son , Grant and Sherman , the other four great leaders in the Civil War , Farragut was not an American whose ancestors on both sides had come from the British Isles . Like Lee , however , he was of very ancient lineage ...
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