His assassination

Great services

Position in history

[ROBERT E. LEE].

THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.

BY E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS, LL.D.

Birth, lineage, personal appearance, and early career.

A Virginian, he joins his State and the South in secession.

His seven days' fighting against McClellan; forces the latter to raise the siege of Richmond.

"Stonewall" Jackson and his efficient fighting machine.