Robert E. Lee: In Memoriam, a Tribute of Respect Offered by the Citizens of LouisvilleJ. P. Morton, 1870 - 45 Seiten |
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admiration American citizen Andrew Graham appointed Appomattox arms B. W. DUKE battle BAXTER Board of Trade bowed Breckinridge Bros Castleman chairman character CHARLES SEMPLE Christian citizens of Louisville civil Clinton McClarty Commander comrades Confederate army Courier-Journal deeds defeat dignity Duckwall Duke of Bourbon duty E. W. KENNEDY eminent ex-Confederate soldiers fame feel forever fortitude fortune funeral genius gentle grace grave grief hearts honor ISAAC CALDWELL J. P. JOHNSON John JOHN BARBEE Kentucky leader LEE's Lexington luster manhood meeting memory misfortune never noble October 15 partisan Paul's Church peace prayer renown requested Resolved reverence ROBERT E Robinson & Co S. B. BUCKNER Scott sentiment shades of opinion siege of Petersburg sincere solemn sorrow soul South spirit surrender testify to-day tributes of respect troops truth valley of Mexico veneration victories Virginia virtues W. F. BEASLEY W. H. Platt WARREN MITCHELL Washington youth
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Seite 41 - It is said that one day in Richmond a number of little girls was rolling hoops on the sidewalk when word was passed from one to another that General LEE was riding toward them. They all gathered into a still group to gaze upon one of whom they heard so much, when, to their surprise, he threw his rein to his attending courier, dismounted, and kissed every one of them, and then remounting rode away with the sunny smile of childhood in his heart and plans of great battles in his mind. Once in Petersburg...
Seite 24 - Sirs, pass we on, And let the bodies follow us on biers. Wolf of the weald and yellow-footed kite, Enough is spread for you of meaner prey. Other interment than your maws afford Is due to these. At Courtray we shall sleep, And there I 'll see them buried side by side.
Seite 16 - If I were on my death-bed tomorrow," he said to General Preston, long before the breaking out of the war, "and the President of the United States should tell me that a great battle was to be fought for the liberty or slavery of the country, and asked my judgment as to the ability of a commander, I would say with my dying breath, 'Let it be Robert E. Lee.
Seite 36 - T is that I mourn departed days, Still unprepared to die. 2 The world and worldly things beloved My anxious thoughts employed ; And time, unhallowed, unimproved, Presents a fearful void. 3 Yet, Holy Father, wild despair Chase from my laboring breast : Thy grace it is which prompts the prayer , That grace can do the rest.
Seite 24 - Dire rebel though he was, Yet with a noble nature and great gifts Was he endowed : courage, discretion, wit, An equal temper and an ample soul, Rock-bound and fortified against assaults Of transitory passion, but below Built on a surging subterranean fire That stirred and lifted him to high attempts. So prompt and capable, and yet so calm, He nothing lacked in sovereignty but the right; Nothing in soldiership except good fortune.
Seite 36 - Chase from my labouring breast ; Thy grace it is which prompts the prayer ; That grace can do the rest. 4 My life's brief remnant all be thine ; And, when thy sure decree Bids me this fleeting breath resign, O ! speed my soul to thee.
Seite 18 - Porter called the meeting to order and stated that the object of the meeting was to take appropriate action in regard to the melancholy intelligence of the death of General ROBERT E.
Seite 16 - I remember when General Lee was appointed lieutenantcolonel, at the same time that Sydney Johnston was appointed colonel, and General Scott thought that Lee should have been colonel. I was talking with General Scott on the subject long before the late struggle between the North and South took place, and he then said that Lee was the greatest living soldier in America. He did not object to the other commission, but he thought Lee should have been first promoted. Finally, he said to me with emphasis,...
Seite 10 - ... good man, a distinguished and useful citizen, renowned not less in arms than in the arts of peace ; and that the cause of public instruction and popular culture is deprived of a representative whose influence and example will be felt by the youth of our country for long ages after the passions in the midst of which he was engaged, but which he did not share, have passed into history, and the peace and fraternity of the American Republic are cemented and restored by the broadest and purest American...
Seite 15 - ... already fallen from the lips of the gentlemen who have preceded me. Yet on an occasion like this I am willing to come forward and add a word to testify my appreciation of the great virtues and admirable character of one who commands not only our admiration, but that of the entire country.