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Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 27: (search)
es evacuate Chattanooga. Bragg's new line from Lee's and Gordon's Mills to Lafayette. Longstreet' Joseph E. Johnston. He was more profound than Lee; his mind could range over larger fields; at aly man in the Confederacy, who, cooler even than Lee himself, without ardour, made up almost exclusiope successfully with Gen. Burnside, and that Gen. Lee could not reinforce him to any extent, as Gen dust, which was ankle deep, took position from Lee and Gordon's Mill to Lafayette, on the road lea fords of the Chickamauga, and bridges north of Lee and Gordon's Mills. Longstreet had reached Rinlieving that the main force of the enemy was at Lee and Gordon's Mills, and upon which he had intenat last despatched one of his staff-officers, Maj. Lee, to ascertain the cause of Polk's delay, and dress were the occasions of singular remark. Maj. Lee found him seated at a comfortable breakfast, or the attack-overflowing with anxiety, sir. Maj. Lee returned to the commanding-general, and repor[1 more...]
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 29: (search)
if arrests shall never be made until defined crimes shall have been committed, may be illustrated by a few notable examples. General John C. Breckinridge, General Robert E. Lee, General Joseph E. Johnston, General John B. Magruder, General William B. Preston, General Simon B. Buckner, and Commodore Franklin Buchanan, now occupyingband, or would have perished in their camps. As it was, desertions were rapidly taking place, as the rigour of winter came on. It required all the popularity of Gen. Lee, and the exercise of every available faculty of his mind, to keep even his veteran army in Virginia together. A tithe-tax was instituted by the Confederate Congn proceeds entirely from a sense of the absolute necessity of these supplies to feed the army, and to subdue the want which has already manifested itself both in Gen. Lee's army and the Army of the West, under the privations to which they have been subjected. Respectfully, L. B. Northrop. No official reply was ever receiv
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 31: (search)
tification set in rapidly. In answer to his inquiry, he was told that death was fast approaching. He then said, I am resigned, if it be God's will, but I would like to see my wife. But, God's will be done. Several times he roused up, and asked if she had come. Unfortunately, she was in the country at the time, and did not arrive until too late. As the last moments approached, the dying man, with a mind perfectly clear and possessed, then made a disposition of his effects. To Mrs. Gen. R. E. Lee, he directed that the golden spurs be given as a dying memento of his love and esteem for her husband. To his staff officers he gave his horses; and other mementoes he disposed of in a similar manner. To his young son he left his sword. He then turned to the Rev. Dr. Peterkin, of the Episcopal Church, of which he was a strict member, and asked him to sing the hymn commencing: Rock of ages cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee. In this he joined with all the strength of v
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 34: (search)
uld only have been warrantable at the South, and was held to be unnecessary even there. No shadow of excuse existed for considering the North or any State of the North as disloyal; on the contrary, Democrats and Republicans poured out their money by millions, and sent their young men by hundreds of thousands to the support of the flag. Yet in the first weeks of the war, a system of arbitrary and despotic seizure and imprisonment was inaugurated, which continued even after the surrenders of Lee and Johnston. The number of arbitrary arrests that were made in the whole period of the war is variously estimated at from ten to thirty thousand. The great mass of arrested persons never had a trial, and knew nothing of the charges, if any at all, on which they were imprisoned. In the great majority of cases, not only was the writ of habeas corpus refused, but applications to be examined by officers selected by the Government itself were refused. Prisoners, suddenly arrested and dragged
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 35: (search)
disgraceful panic and rout. Hood escapes across the Tennessee River. his losses. the whole scheme of Confederate defence terminated West of the Alleghanies Gen. Lee had moved from the Rapidan to Richmond, with an increase of reputation at each stage of the retreat. It is curious that when Gen. Johnston moved from the Northerman mildly expressed it, not deemed a success. On the 28th July Hood made a partial attack along the Lickskillet-road, which he had occcupied with Stewart's and Lee's corps. The conflict was desultory and without result on either side. After five hours of action, Hood retired with a loss of about fifteen hundred killed and woTwentieth corps--was left there; but he would then have been in a country destitute of supplies. He determined to make the battle near Jonesboroa, and the corps of Lee and Hardee were moved out to attempt to dislodge the enemy from the entrenched position he held across Flint River The attack failed with the loss of more than two
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 36: (search)
ook for support. I am sure that you will understand and appreciate my motives, and that no one will be more ready than yourself to acquiesce in any measures which the interests of the country may seem to require, regardless of all personal considerations. Thanking you for the fidelity and energy with which you have always supported my efforts, and for the courage and devotion you have ever manifested in the service of the country, I am, very respectfully and truly, your obedient servant, R. E. Lee, General. Censure in the newspapers ran high against Gen. Early; but it must be remembered that this was at a time when the temper of the Southern people was irritable and exacting, impatient to be refreshed with what was now the rare experience of a victory. Gen. Early was not a popular man; but he had had the reputation throughout the war of a hard, resolute fighter; and Gen. Lee's familiar designation of him as his bad old man suited the picture of a commander who garnished his spe
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 39: (search)
dition of the commissariat. bread taken from Gen. Lee's army to feed prisoners. alarming reductionersonal relations between President Davis and Gen. Lee. why the latter declined to take command of f the Confederacy. want of self-assertion in Gen. Lee's character. why his influence in the Generae were only thirteen days rations on hand for Gen. Lee's army, and to feed it the Commissary General Richmond. At the opening of the campaign, Gen. Lee had urged the importance of having at least t On the 14th December, nine days afterwards, Gen. Lee telegraphed President Davis that his army was Eighth.--That the supply of fresh meat to Gen. Lee's army was precarious, and if the army fell bg time Davis carried both points against him. Gen. Lee was offered the entire and exclusive conduct lution declaring that the appointment of Gen. Robert E. Lee to the command of all the armies of the essed by the General Assembly in regard to Gen. R. E. Lee has my full concurrence. Virginia cannot [13 more...]
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 41: (search)
Chapter 41: Gen. Lee's lines around Richmond and Petersburg. comparison of his force with that of the enemy. Gen. Lee's sentiment about surrender. dull condition of the populace in Richmond. extravagant rumours. story of the Frencttle of Hare's Hill. design of the action on the part of Gen. Lee. the general disposition of his forces. capture of FortSheridan's cavalry. what it accomplished. the attempt upon Lee's right. desperate resource of the Confederate commander. battle of five Forks. Misbehaviour of the Confederates. Gen. Lee's reproach.Bombardment of the Petersburg lines. the assaed by the North in the war In the first months of 1865 Gen. Lee held both Richmond and Petersburg with not more than thirof force in the final array of the contest for Richmond. Gen. Lee's lines stretched from below Richmond on the north side ohan a match of brute force, that title will be given to Robert E. Lee above all men in America, and the Confederate commander
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 42: (search)
Magnanimous and delicate behaviour of Grant. Gen. Lee's return to his home. great exultation at Warmy. In his last despatch from Petersburg, Gen. Lee had stated that some time during the night oftion of troops from the Richmond lines and from Lee's extreme right, which had crossed the Appomattut it was no longer a question of battle with Gen. Lee; the concern was now simply to escape. His me referred to from Gordon: April 7, 1865. Gen. R. E. Lee, Commanding C. S. A.: General: The resuwill offer on condition of its surrender. R. E. Lee, General. To Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, Commans of the United States. April 9, 1865. To Gen. R. E. Lee, Commanding C. S. A.: General: Your notmies of the United States. April 9, 1865. Gen. R. E. Lee, Commanding. C. A.: Your note of this dery respectfully, your obedient servant, R. E. Lee, General The interview of the two commanders self, I bid you an affectionate farewell. R. E. Lee, General. On the 12th April, the Army of[21 more...]
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 44: (search)
he extremity of her humiliation The record of the war closes exactly with the laying down of the Confederate arms. We do not design to transgress this limit of our narrative. Bat it will not be out of place to regard generally the political consequences of the war, so far as they have been developed in a formation of parties, involving the further destinies of the country, and in the light of whose actions will probably be read many future pages of American History. The surrender of Gen. Lee's army was not the simple act of a defeated and overpowered General; it was not the misfortune of an individual. The public mind of the South was fully represented in that surrender. The people had become convinced that the Confederate cause was lost; they saw that the exertions of four years, misdirected and abused, had not availed, and they submitted to what they conceived now to be the determined fortune of the war. That war closed on a spectacle of ruin, the greatest of modern tim
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