The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-04
summation of all that W. have, endured

summation of all that we have endured it will be-"
 Tn the same letter, he voices his fore. holdings for his old home, and says if ;t ,s> destroyed he would like to purchase Stratford (on the lower Potomac). Tt is poor place." he adds, put we could make enough corn bread ana pa. con for our support and the girls coua1 weave us clothes.
 Tine author. then a student at the University of Virginia, describes his fathers consent far him to enter the army. which he did as private in the Rockbridge Artillery. T do not sup pose." he says, "it ever occurred to my father to think of giving me an ofncc,
 which he could easily have done. ! know It never occurred to me" On the day following the battle or Seven Pines, General. Lee assumed com mand of the Army of Northern Virginia, General Joseph E. Johnston having been severely wounded. The author tells of one amusing encounter with his father. It was at the second battle Of Manassas, when, all powder-grfmed and ragged and with sponge stan In
 hand he saw General Lee and stan ride up and take position near his battery. Young Lee spoke to a stan ofiicer and told him who he was. When General | Lee QFOppt0 ntS &A6ob anu soA ACA " AANS
 stan. the officer said: General, here is some one who wants to speak to you" The General, not recognizing his son, said: well, my man, what can I do for you?"
 Captain Lee says that one marked tharacteristIc of his father wss his
 habit of attending te all business promptly. He was never idle," he says, "and what he had to do he per- x.stfh nRaCfafOH VI The long series of letters to his wife and family, rarely more than a few
 weeks elapsing without one, evidenced not only General Lees capacity for bus mess in the direction of his private af- fairs, his devoutly religious mind, but
 quaint humor that here and there brightens the generally sad and tender correspondence. In the winter of iS61-
 63, when he was in Camp Frederfcks-
 burg, he wrote his daughter Agnes: General Hooker is obliged to do some- thing. do -aot know what 1t will be.
 He Is playing the Chinese game, trying what frightening will do. He runs out his guns, starts his wagons and troops up and down the river, and creates an excitement generally. Our men look on
 in wonder, give cheer and all Sub
 sides"
 A fortnight later, in letter to Mrs.
 Lee. describing the cold and discom- | forts of his army he says: T owe Mir. F. J. Hooker no thanks for keeping me here" After Chanceilorsville. when | Jackson fell. he wrote Mrs. Lee: Any victory would be dear at such a price
 know not how to replace him. Gods | will be done. trust He will raise up some one in his place"
 Tn nearly all of his private letters
 during this period mention is made of | the hardshIps and sufferings of his men, their lack of shoes. clothing and blankets. "One can see from these let | ters," says the author. how deeply he felt for the sufferings of his soldiers, and how his plans were hindered by | inadequate supplies of food and cloth | ing. I heard him constantly alIude to | his troubles; indeed. they seemed never | absent from his mind" Tn the winter of 1863-64 Mrs Lee and her daugh- ters removed to Richmond and from
 Camp Rappahannock he wrote Mrs. Lee:
 T fear my daughters have not taken to the spinning wheel and loom as I have recommended. I shall not be able
 to recommend them to the brave sol-
 diers for wives"
 In the spring of 1864 Fitzhugh Lees
 brigade, to which the author, who had
 won a commission and stan appoint
 ment, was then Attached, lay in camp
 near Charlottesville and the officers
 gave ball. An invitation was sent
 General Lee, who thus commented on
 it fin A. letter: This is a bad time for such things. We have too grave sub
 jects on hand to engage in such tri- vial amusements. I would rather his officers should entertain themselves In fattentng their horses, healing their men and recruiting their regiments. There are too many Lees on the com mittee. like all to be present at bat ties, but can excuse them at balls
 Those letters written in the spring of 1884 reveal how clearly General Lee foresaw the storm that was soon to- burst upon him. He wrote urgently for supplies and in his private letters he predicted Grants move toward Rich
 nond. feo
 Captain Lee does not go with detail into the operations of the closing year of the war The military phase Is su- bordinated to the personal, but the let ters. his personal recollections and inc cidents all make an intimate picture of the Confederate commander in that try ing time The surrender Itself Is light ly touched upon. The author first saw hIs father after Appomattox at Rich mond. where the General had joined his family.
 "As well as can recall my father at that time" he says. he appeared to be very well physically, though he looked older. grayer, more quiet and reserved. He seemed very tired, and was always glad to talk of any other subject than that of the war or any thing pertaining thereto"
 General Lees life for the next few months was quiet and uneventful Tn June he went to "Derwent." q little four room house in Cumberland County, which was placed at his disposal by Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Cooke. There he awaited the decision of the federal. alathnEittea in the indictment found