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son. g. ,rmv whose ages were II, Is and 10
-. nd said: 500. my children: spare not my
.s,,,ees. my fair-haired hey, the comfort OF my
,s.,n;nc wears. I devote you all to my country.
hack tho foot of the invader from the soil OF
.,,,,u,. or see NV face no more was when
.h;s incident was related to Washington that ne
a. tho famous exclamation: Leave me but
h,,ner IN nlant upou the mountains of Augusta,
and will rallv around me the men who viii MT
our bleeding country from the dust and set her
free"
Cen Andrew Lewis to whom a statue Is to be
erected in the Washington group was the secohd
| son of John and Margaret Lewis. In braoooch :
war be was in a company in which were all MS
brothers. They were especially distinguished AZ
graddock,s defeat. They were in the advance ana
| the first attacked by the enemy. Severed from
the rest of the army, they cut their way through
the enemy to their companies. In the attack upon
Fort Duquesne, Andrew Lewis was Major, and
his conduct acquired for him the highest reputation
for courage and prudence. lie was the command
ing general of the Virginia troops at the great pat
tie of Point Pleasant fought May 10, IVA Inc
splendid valor and skill displayed on this memora
bic occasion were rewarded by the total defeat OF
the Indians, who were driven west OF the ohio.-
''Washington," Gays Howe, in whose regiment
Lewis had once been major, had formed so high
an opinion of his bravery and military SKILL that
Mt the commencement of the revolutionary war; he
was induced to recommend him to Congress as one
of the major-generas of the American army" 1t
is also said that when Washington was commission
ed as commander-in-chief, ''he expressed wish
that the appointment had been given to General
Lewis. He commanded the Virginia troops when
Lord Dupmore was driven from Gwynns Island,
in ZIG and announced his orders for attacking the
| enemy by putting a match to the first gun, an
| eighteen FOUNDER himself"
| "Gen. Lewis" says Stuart, in his Historical Me-
| moirs. twas upwards of six feet high, of uncom'
mon strength and agility and his form of the most
| exact symmetry. He had stern and invincible
countenance and was of reserved and distant de-
pertinent, which rendered his presence more awful
| than engaging. He was commissioner with DR..
Thomas Waller, to hold treaty, on behalf of the
Colony of Virginia. with the six nations of Indians,
| together with the Commissioners from Pennsylva-
| MIA, New York and other Eastern Provinces, held
| at Fort Stanwix, in the Province of New York, in
the wear 1868 1t was then remarked by the Go
vernon of New York, that the earth seemed to
| trembie under him as he walked along His indie
| pendent spirit despised sycophantc means of gain
ing popularity, which never rendered more than his
| merits extorted."
| Gen. Lewis died in Bedford county in 1870, on
| his way home from the army.