The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-11-02

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i'se. .TARxwELL To nisr rRooi,s.I IL
Tie next dag General Lee took
formal leave Of his army in The
following address !: !, d,..;.', ~. a.
oradsa unADoUARrEss.a y,
Army OF NoxrHrRN ,VA,sS
a;, ist ,b'-a April 10th, 1896. (. j.
Afser fonryears Ofardu6ws sers
vice. marked by unsurpassed coarI'
age and furtitude, the Army or
Northern Virginia has been com!
PEELED TO yield TO Overwhelming
numbers and resources. :
! need not tell the survivors OF
80 many hard, ,foDght battles, who
have remained sieadfast to the
last, thai have consented to, THE
result from M distrust ,f tl,e,n,l
but feeling that vaior and devofioir
could accomplish nothing that
could compensate for the loss that
would have attained the continue.
tion, OF the contest. have de- or.
mined TO avoid the nsc!ess sacrifice
ct those whose past services have
endeared them to their country
fnen. . Is ,.l r. f1,s - shfs4s
BY the terms Of agreement,
officers and men aan return to their
homes. and remain there Until exs
changed. You will take Will, you
the satisfaction that proceeds from
conscioasness ;of, .duty faithfully
performed, and Il earnestly; pray
that a snercifal God will extend to
you His blessing and protection.
With an nnceasing admiration OF
your c0nsfancy and devotion to
your country. and q grea;ful re.
,nenibrance of your kind aud gen.
erous consideration fol! myself. /
bid yon an aifectiopa,e farewell.
X. E.LEE, General.
.tm - INA NKw POSITION 81. si,n,
In August, 1865, General Lee
was made PRECEDENT OF Washing.
ton College. Ills name and lame
soon made that q popular institu.
ton. In this position he has since
remained, closely ,contining him
self to the duties II imposed until
driven last spring, by failing health,
to- seek recuperation in travel. ~
The iaurt lie then took, for the
fret time since the termination OF
the war, through the country lie
had SO leroically defended, it II was
characterized by a series Of ova
tions which, he found it impossible
wholly Ia avoid, can hardly he
looked upon "a a violation Of his
self,inpoeed pledge to avoid such
demonstrations. r''e % .i,1,ts 'l
CACsE OF IT'S LAST ILLNESS.
Tho remote and roal cause of
his death, (according to his physi.
clans, Drs. Barton aud Madison \
was the lUng continuance of de.
pressing Influences incident to the
crushing responsibilities which
were upon him during the last
year OF the war, the disastrous ter
inina'ion Of the struggle for the
cause he So dearly loved, and the
Affections of his native South since
the surrender. AS lie saw his liz.
tie army gradually melt away be-
fore the countless hosts opposed to
them, and compelled to yield at
last to overwhelming numbers and
resources as he witnessed the suf
feriDgs OF his "pt,or boys," as he
was accustomed to.call them, and
thought Of the condition Of their
families and Of the South |; as his
mails have been fioodei ever since
with most piteous letters from
manned soldiers or from the wild.
ows and orphans Of the noble mon
who followed him, he has borne a
calm exterior, and struggled for
the good Of his State and the
South with lieroism surpassinp
ANY which he ever displayed on
the Held at battle. ~ But the very
fibres Of his great hoart have been
gradually wearing away, nntii they
have at last broken, and the vial
spark has fled. Both Of his emf
mont physicians concur in the opin.
ion that General Loe has died
rather from moral than p,ysical
causes that his physical develop
ment was we'll nigh perfect, and
that there was no merely physical
reason why he might not have
lived for years to come. The i'm.
mediate cause of his death was,
in the opinion of Ills phyricians,
mental and physical fatigue, in.
ducing venous congestion of the
brain, which, however, never pro.
cceded as far az apoplexy or pa.
ralysis, but gradually caused cere.
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