Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-22

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..,obratIon at Lexington,
', gel Tooth anniversary of the
.. .o tie E. Lee recalls many in
5 B3 the career of the great gen
DS .ror had a stronger and
p l' ,.rder and more loving per
'1s' .s .'-, General Lee. Here are a
'1 ,S+as relating to the charac-
as' ~an who was the admiration
~. mel men and the idol Of the chill
b ia was devotedly fond Of
4'''' He H. found great delight in
%. ,;+b them about their little at
)'' w.t. +, teasing them in the vein of
." ,or which was peculiar to
..4 's says the Ladies Home Jour-
.s y, little girl who was rubbing
10 said You must never rub
' ,.,s nv dear. except with your
Z" ,,r no came across a boy who
* ,,,orpg stones from the road
!. ,,sspd through the college cam
.rovincton, Va, and said pleas
" tho lad You throw we'll,
;. Now see if you cannot hit the
18th all those stones You have
=, On the grass
moral Sheridan destroyed so mal'y
nss going forward from Richmond
- mon in the wilderness in 1854
h, awhile the latter were in dan
+ Starvation. At a conference in
orartprs one Of his generals be-
greatly excited over the matter
ad botIy as General Lee turned
ID him:
VAS lust saying to these officers,
d that if | were in command of
rmv | would notify Grant that |
q rstons for his prisoners and if
rtpd to save them from starya-
10 would have to send some to
3 ewes flashed. and his rebuke
harp.
q prisoners that we have here,
Al -, are my prisoners" he
They are not General Grants
srs. and as long as l have any
at all I shall certainly share
With MY prisoners"
ng the progress of the battle at
,Nania Court House General Lee
atchIng the formation Of his
when bullets from the enemy's
struck the ground close about
One Of his staff. perceiving the
exclaimed General. this is no
Or YOU Do 90 somewhere else :"
>h | knew where my place is on
n.efeId." replied General Lee
smile, but in a half complaining
wherever | go some one
e it is not the place for me to
hut he remained where he was,
needless of the flying bullets.
raj Lees care for his soldiers Is
iaI, says the Washington Post.
me remembers the story of the
private who stood with uncov-
al in the road while General
e by. General Lee at once took
own hat and treated the man
] possible courtesy. The sol
We'd him 50 that they could not
see him place himself in any
An incident illustrating this
On May s. 1864, in the vii.
The Texas brigade, under
Vas in the hottest Of the fight,
NeHtLy there was Lee with
Vo back. General Lee, go
shouted the men. General
The rear \ ragged veteran
from the ranks and seized his
nd at lust the whole brigade
Tue men eXclaiming that they
OI 20 forward unless General
'ed from danger. but pledging,
longer exposed himself to fire,
'ne enemy back, General Lee
with General Longstreet, and
redeemed their pledge.
uayS later another incident of
t nature occurred. The Con-
INES had been broken near
ANA Court House. The Fed
'PS poured into the opening,
'frl0le disaster seemed immi-
John B. Gordon's di-
az 0eins rapidly formed to re-
Tie works. General Lee rode
VT and took his position just
Se OF the colors of the Forty
FSjnja regiment. He uttered
,'"-lle was not the man for