Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-10
An Interview with Gen. Lee.

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A correspondent of the New York Time
gives the following account of visit to Gen
Lee:
The residence of the chieftain of Lhe army
of Northern Virginia, stands on College Hill
and is modest brick dwelling with white
wooden. pillars in front, placed amid pretty
garden shaded by some. fine trees aid large
solitary weeping willow. The house is sur,
rounded BY q high fern hedge that lends it
somewhat the air of. aristocratic seclusion
Although it was no later than nine in the
morning, Gen. Lee had already gene TO his
office in the college, which is but stones
throw removed. Here was table piled up
with papers, and c71lege catalogues and text
books; but no reminiscence of war was visl-
BILE, no sword or spuror insignia.
Whatever met the eye was entirely academ.
ic, not in the least military. And seated ut
the table was handsome looking gentleman,
dressed in uniform suit of peppec-and-salt
color-a very portly, well-preservad gentle
man Of some four and fifty, with i bronzed
complexion, noble.modeled nose, compact
head, gray hair, and beard of the ssme color,
closely cropped-wbo rose to shake hands in
q eourtly, gracious manner. ItwaB the man
who welded the thunders Of Charlottesville
and the Chickahominy-it was President Lee.
may say that, with his friends, he never
recurs to the subject of the war; ror did he
to me express any opinion on political mat
ters. l understand, however, from chose who
are. in intimate daily. converse with him, that
he is. strongly in favor of the people of his
State, and Of the South, "coming right up,
frankly accepting the situation, and earnestly
pursuing the work Of reconstruction" Per
sonally, he is at present in theflush Of health
He frequently rides out and the clearest
image have been able to form of aim in the
war.like mood came to me this afternoon,
when, with high-top boots and leathern gaunt
let's, lie rode out on the same gray horse that
used to bear him in the stress of battle. He
is greatly beloved by the people TO-. his mod
esty, gentleness and goodness, and is pro-
digious favorite With children. IF, you
should see him as he moves about among US"
said one of the people of the town to me,
and the unaffected Kindness and simplicity
of his life, you might fancy what he would be
in greatness"
/ think he is far from happy. and yet his
fame as a soldier, though not first class, is
very sound and complete, so that now, away
from the field of war, and buried here i'll
quiet academic life, among these secluded
hills, it seems as though he had passed awaJ
from earth. He is all that is left 10 Virginia,
magma mater uirum, out Of the wreck of q
revolution. Is it, then, wonderful that Vir-
gnians almost adore him :?
stood this evening, in the light of the de-
sccnding sun, at the grave Of one of differ
ent typc-at the grave of Jackson-"in in Lex
ington, in the Valley of Virginia !" and here
he lies, in the quiet village cbureh-yard. A
simple slab is at the head, with only the name
"Gen. Thomas J. Jackson" and at his feet Q
stone with the initials, "T. j. j. A garland
of flowers lay on the grave, and in my heart
I could feel no other emotion than one of ten
der interest in such proofs Of Affection.
Speaking of Jackson the same corrcspon
dent says:
Certainly he was an extraordinary man :
and standing by his grave This evening J
seemed to realize that there lay below, the
Only man who could have conducted the wal
to successful issue on the part o.: the South.
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