The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-31
MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
Delivered By Rev. |. Trout Be-
fore u. D. {.

1t is customary, | believe, upon these
occasions of post mortem eulogy to re-
view briefly the birth, life and career
of the eulogized hero, and to recount in
some detail the more famous of his
achievements, but | shall attempt none
of this. The record of the birth, life,
career and fame of Robert E. Lee must
be as fam lar to you as to me. To
some of you, more so. | shall, there
fore, %confine myself to the character
and the personality of our hero, rather
than to a biography and history of bis
exploits. | want to say, in advance,
that | am much indebted to the Per
sonal "reminiscences of General Lee
from the papers of Rev. DR.. j. William
Jones, some time chaplain of the Army
of Northern Virginia, and of Washing
ton College, Virginia, for what shall
have to say.
Let us begin with Lee, the soldier.
When, from sheer exhaustion, less than
5000 men, composing the noblest army
the world has ever produced. were sur
rendered at Appomattox to an army of
1000 men, the sword of Robert E.
Lee, without a blemish on it, was
sheathed forever, and the flag to which
he had added such lustre was furled to
be henceforth embalmed in the atfec-
tionate remembrance of those who had
remained faithful during all the grue-
some trials, and will do so till the end
who is it. | ask, that stands out in the
crisis the g%randest figure in that last
sad act of the drama? Is it the victor,
~ the world counts victory? Victor
over what, let me ask? Pitiful, indeed,
the victory! Eight thousand ragged,
hungry, war-worn and weary men lay
ing down, rel%uctantlv even than, their
MS to $50, 900 men, backed with pow
er and plenty. On that occasion the
vast superiority of Robert E. Lee, in
all the qualities of a soldier, was, and
is manifest today ever to the dullest
comprehension. General Lee had not
been conquered in battle. He surren-
dered because he had no longer an army
with which to give battle. What he
surrendered was the skeleton the mere
ghost of the Army of Northern Vir-
gina, which had been gradually worn
down, with no reserves TO draw from,
by the combined agencies of over
whelming numbers, OF steam power, of
railroads, war machinery, and all the
resources of physical science. We had
in fact been ,ngaged in a struggle not
ollIy against me piuse power O. man
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"dl' vi eteH al inc 'le,ioly Vi the re-
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