The Nevada County picayune., 1922-02-02

consistent. He had written to hls son in college that duty was the subilmest word in the English language, ana so he must do what he thought was his duty. Gen. Thomas, the ROCK ol Chickamauga," took the opposite VIC" and held that his allegiance was to the nation and not the and so he adheafd 10 the union cause and when offered a high position in the Federal army he consistently took it and really was the one man who at Ch1ckamadga' saved the Federal army from disaster and consequently saved the North rom complete defeat and it is one of those ironies of history that the one man who robbed the =Gonfederaey. y.atthls crucial hour of the coveted prize was a southern born and bread son Of her own.
 When Virginia seeded from the Union then Lee at once resigned hls place in the Federal army and cast in his lot with the newly formed Con federacy. He was made a general Ill a short period and constantly adyane- cd till he became the main general of the Confederate armies. He won many brilliant victories at Seven Days around Richmond and defeated com pletely the splendid army of General MeGleliand and also was victorious at Fredericksburg. Chancellohsville and held back Gen Grant for many months in the last days of the war. His fame will remain long after the war I9 which he fought has been forgotter and he ranks among the military lead CTS as Wellington, Washington and Jackson. But the odds were against him and he had no outside help as did Washington from the French and the confederacy never could overcome the tight blockade with which they were enyeloped and so arms and muni- tions could not he shipped ill and Lee with great sorrow saw his splendid army of gallant heroes meeting away and finally had to yield to the fheyit= able and make his surrender to Gen. Grant.
 When the war ended Lee=was T broken man. his fine home on the Patomae and all his earthly posses sions had been confiseated by the Fed eral government, and he was left deso- late and his country was likewise desolate, but he was not crushed nor destroyed and gave to the world an example of how true man should take defeat. He advised his former soldiers to so back to the.r homes and help build up the country and to yield obedience to the forces which had overwhelmed them He started out to teach school and help 10 qualify the young men for service to their c0un- try and was finally made President of Washington College and then the name changed to Washington and Lee Uni the poorest prospect of ever getting his shattered fortunes restored there came very flattering offer to make him rich in Il short time and the management of the Louisiana Lottery was offered to him. Here in one year he could make more money than he could make in ten years in the school room and the matter was presented in plausible light, but when he found out the real true workings of the system and saw that he would be the head of a gambling concern that would have a tendency to dehauch the sons of the South he firmly and indignantly de clinod the protfered thousands and went on with his meritorious work of teaching the youth of the South the great lesson of virtue and religion.
 Lee was d perfect gentleman in his bearing with ladies and children as well as with all classes and no one would ever have taken him for this illuStriouS soldier he was by his pleas ant manner with the poor and unfor- tunate about him. Then he was the real Christian gentleman and was a constant reader and student of the IDS.