The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-05

Hl'it tfntcI - II iH'Ht i'il NV 'H'Hi
Dry i the great General soldier and
lat:iot than ~ ',rpreia. Many
thou-li, are turned t. General lee
an. many rra.or> arc cnlo9iIinr his
grctl .ir,uc- and decd and cNtoiiinr
hi ,r.icry and valor. Perhaps some
ut .irn will recall an affecting and
beautiful incident in the life Of Cen
era. Lee, which iittingly tells the
story # hi> noble character and dcyo-
tioM and in which Georgia aud t;rnr
.lan- are directly Interested This in
cidcnt was the visit Of General I.rr 60
til ,rayc Of his father on Cumberland
lslansi, during the civil war and it
WA !, fine tribute t. the great man
hin~'li If when lie left Il ship at Il plan
tat.ol wharf on the island, and quiet
Is walked L. the resting place Of
lr.,At.> I.irhtinoi Lee, the rcyercd
father ol ',cnr-ral Isobt T.. Ice
l.: bis memoirs Df t;cn itobcrt f..
Ice. \. l.. Long. who was military
secretary t" t;cnrrai lee and who VA,
ths General only companion when
he visited the ayrof his father tell,
Of ,hr incident in this way:
nl> VISIT ~ TIIE CRAVE.
.tbout the close OF the year l>l7
declining health induced Henry lee to
visit the West Indies, but linding that
tho tropical climate did not afford him
the relief he expected, he determined
to return to his native shores. While
ON til" return voyage failing strength
cause: him To direct his course to the
Goa! .! t;corgia and to claim the hos
ritali;y Of the daughter Of his old
friend and conradc General Greene,
who occupied her fathers residence
Oh cumberland Island After lingcr-
Ing short time at this hospitablc
mansion. his noble spirit took its
flight to join those who had preceded
him. Nearly half Il century later that
event was brought in the most strik-
Ing manner to the knowledge Of the
writer Of this work, who was then ac-
companying General Ice during the
civil war, on tour Of inspection
along the coasts of Georgia and l'lori-
da. While passing through the chan
mel that separates Cumberland Island
from the mainland the steamer stop
ped 1t n plantation wharf, and the
general then asked me to accompany
him On a sacred mission After fol-
lowing for some distance road shad-
cd with live oak and magnolia trees,
We passed through gate opening into
extensive grounds, dotted with groups
Of olive, orange and lemon trees in
tcrminglc'l with brilliant sub-trorical
shrubbcry. In the midst of these
grounds arose an extensive pile of
buildings, whose unfinished state bore
cvidF &C that the design of the pro-
jcctor exccllcd his means of cxecu-
ton. his was the residence Of Gen
cral Greene. We entered spacious
hall, and after admiring for moment
the richly covered frames of the angle
windows that lighted it and the stair
way that wound its spiral course along
the unfinished walls of shells and
mortar, we descended flight Of steps
into Il garden which, though neglect
cd, exhibited signs Of taste and re-
fncmcnt. Passing on, we came to a
dilapidatcd wall enclosing a neglected.
cemetery. The general then, in a
voice Of emotion, informed me that he
was visiting the grave Of his father.
lie went alone to the tomb. and after
few moments of silence pluckcd
flower and slowly rctraccd his steps.
leaving the lonely grave to the guar
dianship of the crumbling stones and
the spirit of the restless waves which
ncrretually beat against the neigh
boring shore. We returned in silence
10 the steamer anu no alluSiOn was
ever made to this act Of filial dcvo-
ton
ROBERT LEE AS A Roy.
Robert Edward Lee, the fourth
child of General Henry Lee, was born
at Stratford. the ancient manorhousc
of the Lee family in Virginia, on the
18th of January. 1907. His name
was taken from those of his maternal
uucles. Robert and Edward Carter. Of
Shirley. In order to avail himself of
better opportunities for the education
of his children, General Lee left
Stratford when his son Robert was
four years old and removed to Alex
andria. Many domestic cares fell up
on Robert. Though but eleven years
of age at the period of his fathers
1pcfh thn boy xroo old 1,o,orJ L.;