The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-13

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TIC The following telegram announces
his death: !, n
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nca,,c,al Ice died this morning at h:.Ii-
on.clnrk. He begun 10 grow 49, ~,
p pas, " and continued to sink un'l, ns
on .ns. "a - Inst this morning. lie a.su
oieath H;,.aa calmly and quietly; ana III .nc
as ~, ,a''ro,cn az ,aiih in the Lord 'eS',
ia" .;.t 1'bs places Of business. are an
'HI',' thr hrils arc tniing, an" Wv,
,rholc community thrown lh,o 'nc "o
grief. c,,.corA IN
rr I'VE WAS born at Strauof"' ia
,sns Wis family has been distinguish
l>"o. w, ,i,u,.;,,;, for Two hundred years.
r,yo Of his srand-unclcS were S'S,,v'S . ", Wv
D,.clorstian Of Independence. Ills '".n>
,,.y, m, famous Light Horse harfs "
Evolutionary fame, VII" served 'eti'S III
w., psdcrt, congress and ~ Governor ol
yjrc;nis. and whose first wife WAS a's' "
IVY ROBERT T.. LEE was Of the issue o' i
second m.yriagc--thc second son oil 'EH"'
J ry2rd his wife ANNE, daughter oil CHARLES
CAx.EE. Q; Shirley. As, however, nc l''-
ROWS no greatness from his ancestry, "'i!
WAS himself the " greatest Of grcAt hiie'
We shall say no more as to his fanny.
Ropggr +. LEE entered West Io'nl
Academy in 1926, and graduated al the emu
Of the usual term without having III" /"
Gcmerit mark. In 1929 he was aPpoii'''"
Ir,y,t second lieutenant. ana assignee |"
the corps of Typographical engineers. lie
served for several years IN THIS corps. III
1879 he was married to Miss CrSTls' ise
d,rrlter Of GEORGE WASHINGTON fARkE
LISTS. the adopted son OF General ASH
rSGroS. In 1886 he was made 1rSt ucutch-
ant, and in 1888 captain. During the MrNi-
can war he was on the stan 1ir>t OF "en'-
RAJ Wool, and then General SCOTT ~ 'u'''
engineer. At the battle OF terro ool"''
April IS, 1947, he was hrcvcttcd MAJOR 1or
callautry. At Chapultcpcc he was ""nit''"
September Is. 1884,. and WAS hreNrttco h''l-
tenapt-coloncl. General SCOTT repeatedly
spoke OF him in his dispatches As r'l'l;'f"-
able for his galantry. Colonel LEE WAS
next appointed Il member OF the Board "'
Engineers. In 1862 he became Supr'in-
tcndent Of West Point Academy. IN 1870
he was assigned I" service in Il cavalry re-
ciment. which took him to the West. In
1859 he was sent to Harper'> Ferry /" put
down the JOHN brown raid. March 10.
1851. he was made colonel Of cavalry IN 'i'r
United States army. His resignation CT 'iiS
office in that army was dated April 90, 1851.
Early in 1851 the Convention OF Virginia
selected Gen. LEE ~ colnnanGer-in-ch!r'o al
the forces of this state, her fortunes h"t
having Al the time been formally 0nleu
with those Of her southern sisters. "hrh
the State Joined the Coniederacy ne
hecamc 4 Confederate officer. Alter tiie
defeat of Gen. GARRETT by MCtLELLAS M"
his subsequent death. Gen. LEE was SEM 10
Northwest Virginia, where h" 0'd not as
t!nguisll himself. He was recalled =! Ut.
DAVIS, and, on account al !iS Ei''
skill - an engineer, hr WAS >ch1
IL examine The detcnre~ GA The NJ
lantic coast. In May. lS''-, M'Iht'i.AN
marched up The peninsula. Tile hhttir OF
Seven Pines took place, IN which ten. Jos.
JOHNSTON was wounded, and Gen. LEE was
put in his stead III cnlumand nt Tie t"uif''-
crate forces. Soon followed The great bat
ties before Richmond from MechanirSlllle
to Malvern Hill. in which Gen. LEE name
became famous the world over. In these
battles more than ten thousand prisoners
were taken, 80 pieces of artillery, and up
wards OF 4. coo stand of small arms. From
thi. time forth the hopes OF the people
OF tn. south We're centred III Gen. LEE.
The whole army was placed in his hands.
lie il was that ordered ali It's EloFrmtnts
and Was entitled 70 the credit for the >trii-
tegv employed. lie ordered the move
nents which resulted in the famous battles
of the following August-Cedar Mountain,
second Manassas, &c. On the ju OF sep
,c,ui,cr his army crossed the Potomac, and
on the 18th WAS fought the grand battle OF
Sharpshurn. General LEE always claimed
this as a victory, His army. however, re-
turned to Virginia at ONE.
On the 18th of December, 1862, occurred
the battie of Fredericksburg, one OF the
most complete successes OF the war. In
1864. NAV I'd, the battle of the Wilderness
was fought. The success here, too, was
complete, but JACKSON fell. Here, TOO,
General LEE showed the greatness OF bis
heat in that celebrated letter to the dyi'g
chiefiain in which he said that for hi, coui-
/ try's sake he could wish it had been him.
self instead Of JACKSON that had been
Jth Of May rho h9tflp
was renewed, and resulted in the defeat OF
the Federal army and its retreat, with loss
! OF Il 900 killed, wounded, and prisoners,
fourteen pieces Of artillery. and 10000 stand
Of arms. This was called the battle OF Cham
cellorsylle.
| General LEE again marched northwards.
he went into Pennsylvania with his little
.jarrnv, and there on the I'd and I'd OF July,
1868, fought the bloody battles which,
though rather drawn battles than victories
for either side, much n@re seriously dam
aged that army whose losses could not he
repaired, .... -.
IN MAY 1864 occurred the battles OF the
wilderness, Spotsylrania Court-hollse, NJ,
&c, General GRANT was constantly Re.
pulsed, but as constantly renewed his iiahK
movement until he landed upon the banks
of the James. There were many battles OF
more or less importance during 1864 and
4 the beginning Of 1853. April I'd, 1860, or'
CURED the evacuation Of Richmond, and
began the retreat OF General LEES army
4 from Petersburg. April 2, he surrendered
a skeleton OF an army to overwhelming