Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-01-05
~MEMoRlEs or GENERAL LEE"
Interesting Paper by Mrs. Gen. Pickett
in This Months Lippincott's.

yert +. Lee, January 10, 1907, hitheI
IA unpublished portrait of him is re
produced on the cover of Lippincott.
Magazine for the current month. TIT
original painting was made in 1865 b,
J. w King, an artist who served il
Gne Confederate amry. General LEI
himself. and officers of his staff, con
sidered this to be the best likeness o
him ever produced.
This number of the magazine viii
prove most interesting to those per
sons in this county who served either
directly or indirectly Under Genera
Lee 1t will also be read with inter
est by all COnfederates or their chill
dren as The Memories of General
Robert E. Lee, by Mrs. Pickett. com.
mence at Harpers Ferry, that intense.
> historical spot where John Brown
held forth.
The paper by Mrs. General Pickett
Is fun of stories of General Lee, some
of which are given here by permits
sion OF Lippincott's Magazine
On January 18th General Lee would
have been one hundred years old
The following eulogy Of General Lee
occurs in the paper about him written
by the widow of General Pickett.
General Lee was noted for his i'm
partiaiity. Only worthy deeds won
recognition from him. he was urged
by some of his officers to give his own
son command of a brigade, but replied
that he could not appoint an untried
officer to so important position.
He paid no more attention to per-
-sonal antagonism than to personal af-
lection in the management of the ar
my. He recommended a certain Of
'Gcer for promotion, despite the fact
That friends urged him 70 withdraw his
FAVOR because the officer was in the
habit of speaking disparagingly OF
Lee
The question is rot what he
thinks of me. but what think OF him,
he said. have a very high opinion of
this officer as a soldier and | snail
certainly recommend him for promo
ton and do all in my power to secure
it."
'One of his officers, speaking of the
enemy, once remarked L wish those
people were all dead
How can you say that Lee re- !
fsnonstrated. Now, wish they were
ali AT home attending to their own
Business leaving us to attend to
ours
One evening when there was a mo
H1ruIary respite at the front, says Mrs
General Pickett, General Pickett and |
@7sre invited to a Mrs. Shields house.
IN Richmond, where we found General
Lee. For refreshments we had frozen
aDttermibk, Ssweetened with sorghum.
and .ianInEade made from lemons
which grew In the conservatory. Mrs
"seids apologized for having so much
s~ ~ 'uNh
r.,,,,rv .se<.,ying that there were more /
lE.1non SfoJi,he tree which she would
send 10 rhe hospital General Lee
said:
u win try to forget, and enjoy this
lemonade, if you will promise not to
forget to send the rest to the hos I
pital"
! TINS aeh eteus sympathy was not
saaA2-lz-aSA ~ %%v~+irle Long afterTard, 1
a friend came up just as Lee was
sending a poor fellow f om his gate !
With happy face AN cid soldier in
hard circumstances he explained.
When the friend asked to what
command the soldier belonged Lee re-
piled
oh he was on the oher side, but
~ must not hold thai against him
1ow"
About the only thing that | ever re
scented in General Lee was that he ALL
rays called me Sweet Nansemond. /
came from Nausemoul county, and
$40 did the famous sweet potatoes
uhich the huckseters Old about the
streets. CRYING. sweet Nansemouds.
sweet NansenDnds' / always felt as
ha were calling me 20 Iotato.
when / first met General Lee honors
and age had brought that perfect. inn
.--urbable gravity and dignity which
haracrerzcd his later 20 airs, and rem
1,rrd the stories of his youthful es.
rsu,dcs almost beyond tclief To me
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