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Lafayette, Marquis, 10.
La Haye, Sainte, 420.
Last cavalry engagement, 393. Latane, Captain, killed, 153.
Lawton, General, 130.
League of Gileadites, 75.
Ledlie, General, 357, 358, 359-
Lee, Algernon Sydney, 17.
Lee, Anne Hill, 20.
Lee, Annie, mentioned, 217, 235.
Lee, Cassius F., 29, 30.
Lee, Charles Carter, 13, 17.
Lee, Charles, 7.
Lee, Edmund I., 416.
Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 6.
Lee genealogy, 21.
Lee, General, Fitzhugh, mentioned, 172, 183, 187, 188, 194, 206, 219, 318, 371, 375, 376, 385, 387; letter to, 408.
Lee, General George Washington Custis, mentioned, 23, 71, 72, 94, 95, 330, 380, 401; captured, 385.
Lee, General, Henry, “Light-horse Harry,” mentioned, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 14, , , 16, 7, 20, 80; his grave, 410.
Lee, General Robert E., birth, 20; ancestry and education; 21; at Military Academy, 23; enters army, 24; marriage, 25 ; at Hampton Roads, 27; happy life, 28; letters, 29, 30; stationed at Fort Hamilton, 30; promotion, 31; joins Scott's staff, 33; Lee's horses, 34; at Vera Cruz, 36; battle of Cerro Gordo, 38; his gallantry, 42; brevetted, 42; letters, 44, 45; Lee's comrades, 47, 48; returns to Virginia, 49; Superintendent United States Military Academy, 51; becomes Lieutenant Colonel, SecondCavalry, 54; his qualifications, 56; court-martial duty, 57; in Texas, 59; at Ringgold Barracks, 61; Christmas at Fort Brown, 63, 64; letters to Mrs. Lee, 66 ; president of a courtmartial, 69; returns to Virginia, 70; in command of regiment, 70; visits Comanche chief, 73; appointed executor, 74; leave of absence, 74; John Brown raid, 74- 76; return to Texas, 77; summoned to Washington, 77; notice of Lee, 78-87; resigns his commission, 88; farewell to Arlington, 89; appointed major-general, 89; addresses Virginia Convention, 92; assumes command, 93; preparations for war, 99; working incessantly, 108; goes to Western Virgina, 116; commands the armies, 117; unsuccessful operations, 120, 121; campaign closed, 125; proceeds to South Carolina, 128; improves defenses of Charleston, 130; made commander-in-chief, 132; appointed full general, 133; disapproves of Johnston's plans, 138; assumes command of the army, 150; sends Stuart on a raid, 153; issues orders, 154, 155; Jackson ordered to join Lee, 156; battle order, 158; gains a success, 162; Malvern Hill, 163; seven days battle, 164; exhibits military ability, 172; defeats Pope, 196; battle of Antietam, 212-215; victory of Fredericksburg, 226-229; homesickness, 234; favorite hen eaten, 234; emancipates slaves, 237; battle of Chancellorsville, 248; fearlessness, 261; Gettysburg campaign, 270-298; retreat of Lee's army, 300; crosses Potomac, 307; comments on the campaign, 308, 309; offers to resign, 310; described by an English officer, 312; presented with a house, 319; visits Richmond, 324; battles of the Wilderness, 328-345; siege of Petersburg, 346-378; evacuation of Richmond, 379-394; surrender at Appomattox, 395; takes leave of his army, 396; signs parole, 399; returns to Richmond, 400;oo accepts presidency of Washington College, 4.04, 405; inaugurated, 406; goes South, 410; visits his father's grave, 410; failing health, 411; sickness and death, 412; public funeral, 414; equestrian statue in Richmond, 415; marble statue in Lexington, 416; tributes to his memory, 416-418; his military character, 420; a great soldier, 422.
Lee, General William H. F., mentioned, 29, 118, 121, 122, 261; captured, 305; mentioned, 321, 371.
Lee, John, mentioned, 5.
Lee, Lancelot, mentioned, 2.
Lee, Lionel, mentioned, 2.
Lee, Mary Custis, mentioned, 25, 26, 71, 106, 381, 411, 412.
Lee, Philip, 5.
Lee, Philip Ludwell, 5, 16.
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