GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE
by Captain Robert E. Lee, His Son
CONTENTS
[ Chapter I — Services in the United States Army ]
[ Chapter II — The Confederate General ]
[ Chapter III — Letters to Wife and Daughters ]
[ Chapter IV — Army Life of Robert the Younger ]
[ Chapter V — The Army of Northern Virginia ]
[ Chapter VI — The Winter of 1863-4 ]
[ Chapter VII — Fronting the Army of the Potomac ]
[ Chapter VIII — The Surrender ]
[ Chapter IX — A Private Citizen ]
[ Chapter X — President of Washington College ]
[ Chapter XI — The Idol of the South ]
[ Chapter XII — Lee’s Opinion upon the Late War ]
[ Chapter XIII — Family Affairs ]
[ Chapter XIV — An Ideal Father ]
[ Chapter XV — Mountain Rides ]
[ Chapter XVI — An Advisor of Young Men ]
[ Chapter XVII — The Reconstruction Period ]
[ Chapter XVIII — Mrs. R. E. Lee ]
[ Chapter XIX — Lee’s Letters to His Sons ]
[ Chapter XX — The New Home in Lexington ]
[ Chapter XXI — Failing Health ]
[ Chapter XXII — The Southern Trip ]
[ Chapter XXIII — A Round of Visits ]
DETAILED CONTENTS
Chapter I Services in the United States Army Captain Lee, of the
Engineers, a hero to his child—The family pets—Home from the Mexican War—Three years in Baltimore—Superintendent of the West Point Military Academy—Lieutenant-Colonel of Second Cavalry—Supresses “John Brown Raid” at Harper’s Ferry—Commands the Department of Taxes.............. 3