Named Entity Results, Fitz Lee

Iv.--origin of the Lee tomatoes.by W. Roy Mason, Major, C. S. A. one day in June, 1862, General Lee rode over to General Charles W. Field's headquarters at Meadow Bridge and asked for me. I would say here that on leaving home to enter the Army I carried a family letter of introduction to General Lee; and on account of that, anGeneral Lee; and on account of that, and also my relationship to Colonel Charles Marshall, an aide on his staff, my visits at army headquarters were exceptionally pleasant. When General Lee approached me on this occasion, he said: Captain, can General Field spare you a little while? I replied, Certainly, General; what can I do for you? I have some property, he answerGeneral Lee approached me on this occasion, he said: Captain, can General Field spare you a little while? I replied, Certainly, General; what can I do for you? I have some property, he answered, in the hands of the enemy, and General McClellan has informed me that he would deliver it to me at any time I asked for it. Then, putting aside his jesting manner, he told me that his wife and Miss Mary Lee, his daughter, had been caught within the Federal lines at the White House, the residence of General W. H. F. Lee, his so

d body of men was to be found among the Confederates, or any who more strongly believed in their own invincibility. The known presence of President Davis and General Lee, to oversee, direct, encourage, and urge, was another influential power in favor of the Confederates in this movement.--F. J. P. Their general officers, from thd the highest confidence in each other, in the army, and in their own men, and were fully competent to oppose their able adversaries. I have said we did not fear Lee alone at Beaver Dam Creek. Nor, though anxious, did we fear the combined attack of Lee and Jackson at Gaines's Mill. Defeat to us was necessarily great damage to Lee and Jackson at Gaines's Mill. Defeat to us was necessarily great damage to them. Our flanks were secure and could not be turned; though fewer in numbers, the advantages of our position, combined with the firm discipline of our own brave men, overcame the odds. Our adversaries were forced to meet us face to face. All day they struggled desperately for success, and near night, after fearful destruction,

her. The gun I had passed, now limbered up, was being hauled off at a gallop. I could direct my horse a little to right or left, and so directed her toward the gun. As she did not attempt to leap the gun, I gained control of her, and at once turned about and started back upon my charge. After riding a short distance I paused. The firing of artillery and infantry behind and of infantry in front was terrific. None but the dead and wounded were around me. It hardly seemed that I could drive Lee's battle-scarred veterans alone, and so I rode slowly off the field. The regiment had only about 250 men in action. Our commissioned officer was the only one not wounded, except some who were captured. Only about 100 returned from that bloody field for duty the next day. Some were captured, but a large number fell in that terrible charge, and sleep with the many heroes who on that day gave their lives for the Union. So far as those of the 5th Regular Cavalry present in this charge were co

Confederate army, I received an order from General Lee to report immediately at his quarters on th a forced passage. During the absence of General Lee, Longstreet said to Jackson: As you have th the battle of Sharpsburg, or Antietam, and General Lee had gone to the Rappahannock (we were makin's flank and rear would keep him from attacking Lee. In case of any casualty to himself, the removaichmond; to theNine-mile bridge, near which General Lee was in person, I suppose the distance was as. He must have reached his rendezvous with General Lee and his three major-generals about noon on whom I met told me that this gentleman was General Lee. The conference soon ended, and the march umed — deflecting strongly to the east. General Lee's object in pressing down the Chickahominy till 2:30 P. M. to hear from Longstreet, General Lee in his official report says: The arrival ofis memory also.--D. H. H. During the absence of Lee he kept up such a clatter that each of McClella[16 more...]