The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-04-14

Oelng Neoaorod and Hovered through
out The 6ossh, butsinsne State 10 There
q marc tender seatimeat tor the mon.
osy Of ths great general soldier and
psssiot thea IN Georgia Many
-nhensAts 40 <nrned 20 General Les
'aad many .erssoss are ealogising hi,
great vistues and deeds and eLtoiinR
dis bravery and valor. Perhaps come
II them wiH sccsll IN Affecting and
beautiful incident in tho life 3Gener
ersl Lee. which 6rIngly tells the
story Of ha noble character and devo-
tioa, and in which Georgia and
GeorsiAss ,are directly interested.
This incident was tho xisit of General
Leo to the grave f his father on
Canbselaud Island. during the civil
Msr, and it vas . 6ae tribute to Tho
great man himself when he left q ship
1t . plantation wharf On the leland,
and quietly walked to the resting
place of Francis Lightoot Lee, The
rsvered father Of General Robt e.
Lee.
In his nsmoir Of General Robert
Hss, A. L. Long, who was military
sSosetary 70 Gsneral Lee aod Who
~as 4hs GeneraTs only coapenioa
when he visited the grave of has father,
tells of The Incident in this way:
A vLsIr 10 THE GRAVE.
@tAbons tho close Of tho year 1917
declining health induced Hesry Loo
70 visit the West Indies, but finding
chat tho tropical climate did not afford
him the eelief he expected, he deter.
mined Do return 70 .is native shores.
While ON the return voyage failing
strength caused him to direct his
oourse to tho coast Of Gsorgis. and 10
claim tho hospitality of the daughter
Of his old friend and comrade, Gener.
al Greene, who occupied her fathers
residence on Cumberland Island.
Afser lingering = short time at this
hospitable mansion, his noble spirit
took its flight TO join those who had
preceded him Nearly half q century
later that event Was brought in tho
most striking manner to the knowled.
g of tho writer of this work, who was
then accompanying General Leo dur
ing the civil war, on . tour of inspec.
sion sloag the coasts of Georgia and
Fleridas While passing through tho
channel that separates Cumberland
Island from the mainland, the steamer
stopped st . plantation wharf, and
the general then asked mo to accom-
psny him on . sacred mission. After
following for some distance . road
shaded With live oak and magnolia
trses, 70 passed through . gate open
ing into extensive ground dotted with
groups of olive, orange and lemon
trees, intsrmingled with brilliant sub,
tropical shrubber. In the midst OF
these grounds arose an extensive pile
Of bsildings, whose unfinished state
bore evidence that the design of the
protector excelled bis means of execu.
eion. This was the residence Of Gener-
nj Greene. We entered = spacious
hall, and sfter sdmiring for . moment
the richly covered frames of the anglo
windows that lighted it and tho stair
way that wound its spiral course along
he unfnished walls of shells and
we desceaded flight of steps
Into . garden which, though neglect
ID, exhibited signs of taste and refine
nsnt. Passing on, we came to . di.
wall enclosing . neglected
cemetery. Tho general then, in voice
Of emotion. informed me that he WAS
visiting tho grave of his father. he went
alone TO tho t,mb. and after . few
moments of silence plucked a flower
and slowly retrsced his stops, leaving
tho lonely grave TO the gusrdianship
Of tho crumbling stones and the spirit
Of the restless waves whicn perpstually
beat sgsinst tho neighboring shore.
We returned in silence TO tho steamer
and no allusion was ever made to this
cot Of filial devotion"
ROBERT LEE As A BOY.
Robert Edward Loo, the fourth
child of General Henry Lee, ives born
at 6tratford, tho ancient manorhouse
OF tho Lee family in Virginia, on the
10th of January, 1907. His name
was taken from those of his maternal
uncles, Robert and Edward Carter, of
Shirley. In order to avail himself of
better opportunities for the education
Of his children, General Lee left Strat.
ford whom his son Robert was four
years old and removed to Alexandra.
Many domestic cares fell upon Robert
Though but eleven years of age at the
peried of his fathers death tho
boy Was old beyond his years, and Of
Q thoughtfulness, sense of Alial obli-
CATION, snd . warm affection for his