Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-20
DEATH OF ROBERT f. LEE.

We announce with the most rrofounG
sadness, the death Of Gen. R. Il. Lee
(which occurred at Lexington, on Wed
!nesday last, the 18th inst, at 8 o'clock
We take the following from the Rich
mond Dispatch:
''LrxrNGroN, Oct 1910 A. NJ.
/ Editors of the Dispatch:
|" General Lee died this morning at hal
past 8 o'clock He begun to grow worse
ion Monday, ard continued to sink unit
|he breathed his last this morning. Fl,
/ died as he lived, calmly and quietly, AM
1.-THE full assurance of faith in the Lore
Jesus Christ. The places Of business arc
lall closed, the bells are tolling. and th'
whole community thrown into the deep
est grief LEXINGTON"
Robert e. Lee was born at .Stratford
Ia 1906, His family has been distin
guished in Virginia for two hundre'
years. Two of his grald-uncles wer
signers ofthe Declaration of Independ-
Ience His father was the famou
Light Horse Harry" of the revolutiona
sry fame, who served terms in the Fedora
sGongress and as Governor Of Virginia
/ land whose frs wife was also Lee
5Robert Z. Lee was Of the FIRST issue, CT
second marriage the second sen o
3Heary Lee and his wife Anne, daughte
sof Charles Garter, of Shirley. AS, how
ever, be borsows no greatness from hs
ancestry, but was himself the ''greates
aaf great line. We shall say no more as
10 his family. L4-s
Robert Il Lee entered West Point
Z Academy in 1925: and graduated at tn
soud of the usual term without having
sdemerit mark. In 1889 he was appoint
] lei brevet second lieutenant, and assigne,
20 the corps of typographical engineers
lie served for several years in this corps
I'm 1882 he was married to Miss GUSTS
sshe George Washington Parke Gusts, tn
adopted son Of General Washing ton. Il
slS36 he was made first lieutenant, ant
! land in 1888 captain. During the Next
Dean war he was on the staff first of Gen
] eral Wool, and tnen Genera oooot t as
! ohief engineer At the battle of UerIt
ssGordo. April 10, lS47, he was brevette,
! major for gallantry At Chapultepec h
vas wounded Sept IS, lS47, and was bre
vetted lieutenant-colonel. General Scot
repeatedly spike of him in his dispatches
! as remarkable for his gallantry Colone
Ice was next appointed a member of thu
board of Engineers. In 1852 he became
superintendent of West Point Academy
10 1856 he was assigned to service in {
.avairy regiment, which took him to the
West. In 1859 he was sent to Harper
FERRY to to put down the John Brown
raid March l6. 1861. lie vas made CO.
onel Of cavalry in the United States ar
ny. His resignation Of his ofico in tina
army was dated April 90. 1861,
Early in 1861 the Convention of Viz
siuia elected Gen, Lee as commander.
n-chief of the forces of this State, hel
fortunes not having at the time beef
formally united with those of her south
,rn sisters. When the State joined th1
lConfoderacy he became Confederate of
|icer. After the defeat of Gen. Garnet
~ Mcclellan and his subsequent death
Gen. Lee was sent to Northwest Virgin
"a, where he did not distinguish himself
He was recalled by Mr.. Davis, and, or
,ccount of his great skill as an engineer
ae was sent to examine the defences on
he Atlantic coast. In May, 1862
Mcclellan marched up the peninsula
The battle of Seven Pines took place, in
which Gen. Jos Johnston was wounded
md Cen Lee was put in his stead ii
command of the Confederate forces
Soon followed the great battles before
Richmond, from MerchanicsvilIe to Ma.
sern Hill, in which General Lees name
~ecame famous the world over. In thest
|,.-5ias nara than ten thousand
prisoners were taken, 50 pieces of artil-
cry, and upwards of oe IS 900 stand OF
mali arms. From this time forth the
nopes Of the people of the South we're
centred in General Lee The whole az
ny was placed in his hands. He it was
hat ordered all its movements and wa:
entitled to the credit for the strategy
Employed.
He ordered the movements which re-
suited in the famous battles Of the follow
Ing August-Cedar Mountain. Second
Manassas, &c. On the 81 Of September
his army crossed the Potomac, aud On
he 18th was fought the grand battle oil
Sharpsburg. General Lee always claim
d this as victory. His army, however
,eturned to Virginia at once.
On the 18Th of December, 1862, &C.
Cured the battle of fredericksburg. enc
If the most complete successes of the
ar. In 1868, May I'd, the battle Of
he Wilderness was fought. The SUCCESS
here too, was complete, but Jackson fell
Here, too, General Lee showed the great
,ess OF his heart in that celebrated letter
o the dying chieftain in. which he sal!
hat for his country's sake he could wish
t had been himself instead of Jackson
hat had been wounded. On the 4tb
lay of May the battle was renewed. and
|resulted in the defeat Of the Federal
army and its retreat, with loss OF
III .00G killed, wounded. and prisoners.
fourteen pieces of artillery, and 10000
stand of arms This was called the bat
1 tie of Chance llorsville. .a5. s..--
General Lee again marched north
wards. He went into Pennsylvania with
lis little army, and there on the 81 and
BID OF July, 1868, fought the bloody hat=
Ties which, though rather drawn battles
than victories for either side. much more
seriously damaged that army whose losses
could not be repaired. 20. t--- .4e. +.
In May 1864 occurred the battles Of