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Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 14: siege of Petersburg. (search)
the army fed and clothed. Only fifty men, he wrote, in some regiments had shoes, and bacon is only issued once in a few days. On January 11, 1865, he tells Mr. Seddon, the Secretary of War, that his army had only two days supplies, the country was swept clear, and the sole reliance was on the railroads. And the next day he i fathers will bless the efforts of their children to preserve it. The day before this order was issued was the most inclement day of winter. Lee dispatched to Seddon, Secretary of War, that his troops were greatly exposed in line of battle two days, had been without meat for three days, and in scant clothing took the cold hail connection with paucity of numbers, you must not be surprised if calamity befalls us. General John C. Breckinridge, who had been appointed Secretary of War in Mr. Seddon's place, received and referred General Lee's letter to Mr. Davis, who indorsed upon it: This is too sad to be patiently considered. Want of supplies, want of m
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Index. (search)
319. Rust, Colonel, Albert, 119, 120, 121. Sanders, General, killed, 363. Sanford, General, Charles, 105. Santa Anna, General, 31, 32, 38. San Jacinto, battle of, 31. Schenck, General, mentioned, 143. Schofield, General John M., joins Sherman, 372. Scott, General, Winfield, mentioned, 19, 33, 40, 44, 46; notice of, 48; mentioned, 52, 54, 85, 101, 103, 105, 176; autobiography, 374; mentioned, 423. Seceding States, the, 84. Second United States Cavalry, 54, 56, 58. Seddon's dispatch from Lee, 368. Sedgwick, General, John, mentioned, 212, 213, 244, 247; at Chancellorsville, 255, 256; mentioned, 318, 319; killed in the Wilderness, 334. Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, 275, 276, 291. Seminole War, the, 32. Seven days battle, 201. Seven Pines, battle of, 151. Seventh United States Infantry, 32. Sharpsburg, the battle of, 208. Shaw, Mrs., James, mentioned, 14. Sheridan, General Philip H., notice of, 327; cavalry raid, 343; sent to the Valley, 3