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

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iof an American citizen, 4 have not
been able 70 make mp my mind t0
raise my ks,,d against my rrela,
tives, my children, my home. 4 i
have, therefore, resigned my com. /
mission in the army, and dave In
defence Of MY native State-.-wilh
the sincere hope that my poor ser.
vices, may never be, neeGed-I
hope / may never be called npon
to draw my sword.
IN rBE coSFEDERATE sKRvicw. 4
This was the only "deiinitionr y p
Of his position ever given by him.
lis resignation was Instantly &C.
cepted, and he at once took MP his
residence in Richmond, as com.
mnnder Of the forces In Virginia,
with the rank Of Maior,General,
to which he had been appointed
by Governor Letcher. lie re.
snained in bis, State, and set TO
work to organize the State troops,
declining any command that took
him into the general service Of the
C"nfederacy. A. this time Mont.
goinery was the Confederate capi.
toI, and the Vi.ginias troops were
virtually Independent; but, soon
after tho assumption of command
by General Lee, the seat Of gov,
eminent was transferred TO Rich
mond, and l'e was formally recng.
nized as one the Confederate chiefs.
receiving the rank-l hitherto un.
known in this country-of full
general. Ilc was tlns placed third
on the list Of, the. army rUster,
Cooper, and Albert Sidney John.
son only outranking him In prior.
ity of appointments. He was as
signed to. command the forces I'm
Western Virginia, to oppose Cen
erals Mcclellan and Rosencranz.
The Confederate campaign in this
quarter WAS feeble, badly man.
aged, and unsuccessful. General
Lee was recalled, and, on account
OF liis skill as an engineer. lie was
sent to examine the. defonces on
the Atlantic coast. For several
months, whilo thus engaged, lIis
headquarters were ia Charleston
or its vicinity.
nIs GREAT vIcr RiEs.
In May, 1869. McClellan march.
cd up the peninsular. The battle
Of Seven Pines took place, ia
which General Joseph f.. johnson
was wounded, and General Lee was
put in his stead in command of tile
Confederate torces. Soasr fallowed
the great battles before Richmond,
from Mecbanicsvillc to Malvern
Hill, in which General Lees name
became famous the world over
In these battles moro than 1000
prisoners were taken - fiftytwo
pieces Of artillery, and up.
wards Of 35 600 stand Of small
arms. From this time forth cll
the hope oftbe people rf the South
were centcred in General Lee
The Whole army was placed in his
hands. He it was that ordered all
its movements, and was entitled to
the credit for the strategy employ.
ed. lie ordered the movements
which resulted in the famous bat.
ties of the following A~eust-
Cedar Mountain, Second Manas.
sas, &c. On the Sd Of September
l'is army crossed the Potomac, and
on the 18th was fought the grand
battle Of Sharpsburg. General
Lee always claimed this as q vic.
tory. His army, however. return
ed TO Virginia at once. On the
18th OF December, 1862, occurred
tho battle of Fredcricksburg, one
ot the most complete successes of
the war. In 1863, May Cd, the
battle of the Wilderness was
fought. Tie success here, too. wa.
complete. but jackson fell. Here.
too, General Lee showed the grent
ness Of his heart in that celebrated
letter to III. dying chiefiain, in
which he said that for his conntry's
sake he could wish It had been
himself instead of jackson that
had been wour ded. On the 4th
Of May tie battle was renewed.
and resulted in the defeat of the
Federal army and It's retreat, with
loss of 1900 killed. wounded
and prisOncrs, fourteen pieces uf
artillery, and so. 900 stand Of arms.
This was called the battle of Chan.
cellorsville. General Lee again
marched northwards. Ile went in
Pennsylvania with lis little army.
and there Oh tire I'd aud 3D. of
July, 1858, fought the bloody bat.
Ties which, though rather drawn
battles than victories for either
eide, much more seriously damaged
that army whoee Losses could not
be repaired. In. May, 1864, oc.
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