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Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 2: birth.-career as officer of Engineers, United States army. (search)
is bravery: That he was as famous for felicitous execution as for science and daring ; that at Chapultepec Captain Lee was constantly conspicuous, bearing important orders from him, till he fainted from a wound and the loss of two nights' sleep at the batteries. This veteran general, in referring afterward to this campaign, was heard to say that his success in Mexico was largely due to the skill, valor, and undaunted courage of Robert E. Lee, and that he was the greatest military genius in America, the best soldier that he ever saw in the field, and that if opportunity offered, he would show himself the foremost captain of his time. It is certain that Captain Lee came from this Mexican campaign crowned with honors and covered with brevets for gallant and meritorious conduct. In a brief six months campaign he had demonstrated in a wonderful manner his qualities as a soldier. He was then forty years old. Brevet major, brevet lieutenant colonel, and brevet colonel followed each oth