Nor cause a chief like Lee!
Forth from its scabbard! All in vain!
Forth flashed the sword of Lee!
’Tis shrouded now in its sheath again,
It sleeps the sleep of our noble slain,
Defeated, yet without a stain,
Proudly and peacefully.
CONTENTS.
Chapter Page I. [Birth and Youth.] 9 II. [A Young Engineer.] 18 III. [A Cavalry Officer.] 28 IV. [A Confederate General.] 45 V. [A Confederate General. (Continued.)] 62 VI. [A College President.] 99 VII. [A People’s Hero.] 151 [GENERAL R. E. LEE’S Farewell Address to His Soldiers.] 169