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States Army. Even at that time his char acter and capabilities were so well known and so highly esteemed. that President Lincoln thought of entrusting him with the command of the Union forces. But Virginia fseeeded and Lee, though opposed to secession and a patriot of the highest type. placed his sword in the service Of his native State, He could not think of fighting against the land of his fathers and grandfathers. Only four days after Virginia had seeded. Lee resigned from the United States Army and went hoxne.
 The organization of the Virginia militia was his first undertaking in the Con- federate cause. but soon he rose to the distinction of military councillor to Jef- ferson Davis. The wounding of Johnson made him commander-in-chief
 Tt is eminently difficult to draw cons parisons between Lee and the. famous captains of European battiefields. Lee worked and acted under conditions that never before confronted leaders of men He was the equal of the great Frederickj in making much out of little, in econo.s mixing with men and resources, in racll- oning with the enemy's superiority and saving his forces to meet the ernergencisa of the moment. And like Moltlxo he knew the value of wise restraint and trusksis in the ability and good will of the nsn-. erals, working under his direction.
 NO doubt Lee was a great man oe ex~' traordinary capacity for doing things. bsH, his lovable personality towers above tha manifestations of his genius even. Thax personality, more than anything else. gave him his place in history. He was an imposing looking man, sitting his horse with much elegance. and though grand seigneur by birth, most simple and demo- cratic in his ways. If the soid1ery sui. fered from lack of food and shelter, so did he. His face was serene with the serenity of the man who. in hig heart of hearts, has done with life. Lee was too wise man not to fear that the awful sacrifices entailed by the war might. after all. be in vain. Tn that respect, too, hs resembled the hero of the Seven Years War. Recall the thoughts and reflections that dominated Frederick's soul so fre~ quently after the sorry day of Kollini
 Lee was perhaps the nobIest victim of the war of secession, because he survived the downfall of his cause. What unhap- piness, compared with the good luck of the heroic Jackson, the incomparahla Stuart. the excellent Hill and others who perished in battlel At the end of the war, Lee was pauper. and this man who had marshalled hundred thousands of men spent the rest of his life teaching. Having led so many men to their death,
 
 for life.'
 The second volume reviews the operas tions in Maryland. the battle of Fred erick's Hall. the Virginia Spring cam paign of 1883. including the battle of Charlottesville, Lees march upon the upper Potomac, the invasion of PennsyI- vania by the Confederates and the Battle of Gettysburg.
 The third and last volume describes the political and military situation, the fighting in North Virginia. May 1884 the siege of Petersburg the battles around Petersburg and the defeat of the Confed- crate army.
 The year 1864 brought a revival of the old mistaks by the Union generals, every leader working for his own fame only, neglecting the rest and shirking patriotic duties. Despite three years of fighting and superiority in numbers-the North commanded three times more men than the South-the end of the Civil War was yet far off. If things had been allowed to drift, 1t might have been undeternin- able"