hide Matching Documents

Browsing named entities in Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative. You can also browse the collection for R. E. Lee or search for R. E. Lee in all documents.

Your search returned 76 results in 3 document sections:

Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 5: Seven Pines or fair Oaks (search)
at Smith's headquarters, and informed him that Lee had been assigned to the command of the army, and Lee himself soon arrived. The party then rode over to Hill's position, whence Magruder's troops with little delay. The opportunity to place Lee in command of the army was a very gratifying onance of any plan for such purpose, I sent for Gen. Lee, then at Richmond in general charge of army out in the War Records the following letter from Lee to Johnston appears, and it was probably the reok place. The narrative goes on: — When Gen. Lee came back, he told me that Gen. Johnston proped the offensive-defensive programme from which Lee expected much, and of which I was hopeful. de across the field from a house before which Gen. Lee's horse was standing. Among the staff-off scene. I turned down to the house and asked Gen. Lee what the musketry firing meant. He replied b of operations. The verbal message conveyed by Lee, that he proposed to attack north of the Chicka
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 6: Jackson's Valley campaign (search)
, June 8. Port Republic, June 9. Winder repulsed. Taylor's charge. after effects. Before taking up the history of affairs before Richmond in June, 1862, with Lee at the head of the army, it is necessary to review events in the Valley of Virginia. This Valley constituted the only route by which a Confederate army could invment, in which he had about 15,000 men. About 3700 of these, under Milroy, were at McDowell, a point 25 miles west of Staunton. On April 29, Jackson proposed to Lee in Richmond that he, Jackson, should unite his own force and Johnson's and attack Milroy and Fremont, and drive them back into the mountains. Then returning quickly, and being joined by Ewell, his whole force should fall upon Banks. Lee approved the project and committed its entire execution to Jackson. Ewell's division was brought up to Swift Run Gap to observe Banks, while Jackson concealed his object by marching his own division back across the Blue Ridge toward Charlottesville, and m
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 23: the fall of 1864 (search)
ar the road, and soon after sunrise I came upon Lee with his staff by the roadside, at the top of amounted, labelled S. Side James River, and with Lee's autograph upon it. He had carried it in his b. Gordon replied: — There is a flag between Lee and Grant for the purpose of surrender, and if the 2d corps, that he must withdraw at once. Lee then withdrew, and the 2d corps continued to adarrival on the ground of Meade. Meade had read Lee's letter to Grant of that morning, and he took ting demands. Humphreys's refusal to recognize Lee's presence between the lines as constituting a , Lt.-Gen. Gen. R. E. Lee. This was accepted by Lee in the following note:-- headquarters arm guilty. Powerful influences sought to involve Lee and others among his officers in the destructiohen they hoped that the hanging might begin. Gen. Lee was already indicted for treason by a grand jttox on the 10th, after a call of courtesy on Gen. Lee, in which he had suggested that Lee might ser[53 more...]