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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address of General Dabney H. Maury at the Reunion of Confederate veterans, Maury camp, no. 2, Fredericksburg, Va., August 23, 1883. (search)
ers. Judge Critcher arose and said: I beg to interrupt the gentleman for one moment while I call over the names of a few slave-owners in my parish in Virginia, who were born and bred in slavery, and who for elevation of character, education and surpassing intellect cannot be matched by the whole State of Massachusetts. The plantation adjoining mine on the north is Wakefield, where George Washington was born. Next to me on the south is Stratford, where Richard Henry Lee and Light Horse Harry Lee were born. Next to Stratford comes Chantilly, where Arthur Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Charles Lee and William Lee were born. If the gentleman will ride with me six miles I'll take him to Monroe's Creek, where President Monroe was born; if he will ride with me half an hour longer I will take him to Port Conway, where President Madison was born; if he will then stand with me in my portico I will show him, over the tree-tops, the chimney-stacks of the baronial mansion where Robert E. Lee f
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Degrading influence of slavery—Reply of Judge Critcher to Mr. Hoar. (search)
State, and perhaps one or two others, were slave-owners, he would venture to make a bold assertion; he would venture to say that he could name more eminent men from the parish of his residence, than the gentleman could name from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He would proceed to name them, and yield the floor to the gentleman to match them if he could. On one side of his estate is Wakefield, the birth-place of Washington. On the other side is Stratford, the residence of Light Horse Harry Lee, of glorious Revolutionary memory. Adjoining Stratford is Chantilly, the residence of Richard Henry Lee, the mover of the Declaration of Independence, and the Cicero of the American Revolution. There lived Francis Lightfoot Lee, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Charles Lee, at one time Washington's Attorney-General; and Arthur Lee, the accomplished negotiator of the treaty of commerce and alliance between the Colonies and France in 1777. Returning, as said before,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Ceremonies connected with the unveiling of the statue of General Robert E. Lee, at Lee circle, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22, 1884. (search)
ration of Independence, and proclaiming that the American colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent; and the father of our hero, Light Horse Harry Lee, the Rupert of the Revolution, the friend of Washington, elected by Congress to deliver the eulogy of that illustrious man at his death, and who conferred upon hshington, and thus bound to his memory by the ties of hereditary friendship, fate seems to have determined that this illustrious exemplar should rain influence upon Lee from every source. It gave him to wife Mary Randolph Custis, daughter of the adopted son of Washington, the nearest representative of his house, and a woman whose ories and associations of the hero's life, that the very atmosphere of the place seemed instinct with the brooding influence of his spirit. From his very infancy Lee seems to have been enamored of virtue. In writing of him at an early age, his father says: Robert, who was always good, will be confirmed in his happy turn of min
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
143. Louisiana, Pointe Coupee Battery, 70. Lartigue, Gen. G. B., 117, 396. Latham, Gen. R., 83. Latrobe, Col., Osman, 107. Lauman, Col J. G., 80. Laurel Hill, 87. Law, Gen. E. M.,384, 386. Lawrence, Sergeant, 104. Lawton, Gen. A. R., 273. Lawton, Mr., 174. Lay, Col. John F., Address of, 207. Lead Mines—Max Meadows, 60; Wytheville, 288. Lecky's England, cited, 33. Le Conte, 428. Leftwich, A. T. 105. Lee, Capt., 166. Lee, Gen., Fitzhugh, 226, 231, 354, 453. Lee, Gen., Harry, 9. Lee, L. S., 175. Lee, Miss, Mildred, 450. Lee, Gen. R. E., 9, 30, 58, 67, 83, 107, 112, 129, 203, 261, 274, 385, 358, 395; Letter of, 228. Lee, Richard Henry, 429. Lee, Gen. Stephen D., 88, 166, 274, 373. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, 194. Lee's Memoirs, cited, 9. Legare, 104. Legare, E. T., 395. Lesemann, F. W., 395 Lesesne, Lt., Charles, 174. Lesesne, Lt. F. J., 137, 143, 155, 165,68; killed, 191, 193. Letcher, Gov., John, 84. Lewis, Col., 114. Lewis, Hon. D.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Robert Edward Lee. (search)
t to soldiers only, but to all Helpers and friends of mankind. Let a brief recital show that these are words of truth and soberness. Lee was fortunate in his birth, for he sprang from a race of men who had just shown, in a world-famous struggle, all of the virtues and few of the faults of a class selected to rule because fittest to rule. His father had won a brilliant fame as a cavalry leader, and the signal honor of the warm friendship of Washington. The death of Light-Horse Harry Lee when Robert Lee was only eleven years old made the boy the protector of his mother—a school of virtue not unfitted to develop a character that nature had formed for honor. It was partly, no doubt, the example of his father's brilliant service, but mainly the soldier's blood which flowed in his viens, that impelled him to seek a place in the Military Academy at West Point. He was presented to President Jackson, and we may well believe the story that the old soldier was quickly won by the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Present: (search)
of industry for times of peace; labor that makes and spends money by billions per annum, is entitled to the honest solicitude of statesmen. Dear to my heart are you my comrades of the Army of Northern Virginia, with whom I followed Jackson and Lee to the last charge at Appomattox. There are events in my life, as in the lives of others, which are remembered with regret; but the part I bore with you in the assertion of the original ideas of our forefathers upon the battle-fields of Virginia r people were so evenly balanced as to leave all sections wondrously rich in fame. Our forefathers were New Englanders as well as Virginians, and there are names that can never be made sectional: Ethan Allen and Francis Marion; John Starke and Harry Lee; Nathaniel Greene and George Washington—who divides these martial heroes into North and South! Jefferson and Franklin—twin sages; Madison and Adams—twin statesmen; Henry and Otis—twin storms in debate: who can separate these civic chiefs of
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Company C, Ninth Virginia cavalry, C. S. A. [from the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, February 9, 1896.] (search)
th Virginia cavalry, C. S. A. [from the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, February 9, 1896.] Its Roster and gallant record. Company C, Ninth Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States Army, was organized in Westmoreland county, and named in honor of General Harry Lee, of the Revolution, Lee's Light Horse. It was mustered into service at Montross on May 23, 1861. The survivors of the company were among the last troops engaged in action at Appomattox, and escaped from the field without surrendering. ThLee's Light Horse. It was mustered into service at Montross on May 23, 1861. The survivors of the company were among the last troops engaged in action at Appomattox, and escaped from the field without surrendering. The roll is as follows: Officers. Thomas S. Garnett, first captain, promoted colonel of Forty-eighth Virginia infantry; killed at Chancellorsville. R. L. T. Beale, second captain; twice wounded. John N. Murphy, third captain; resigned. John W. Hungerford fourth captain; killed at Middleburg. Charles C. Robinson, fifth captain; wounded and captured at Upperville. George W. Beale, first lieutenant, twice wounded. A. G. Dade, second lieutenant; promoted major in commissary department.
The Daily Dispatch: January 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Farewell speech of Hon. Jeff Davis. (search)
lice regulations for the watering places of the Commonwealth; for establishing a branch Bank at Liberty, Bedford county, and for incorporating a Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company near Lynchburg. The joint resolution for an adjournment till February 18th was indefinitely postponed. The bill to relieve the various schemes of internal improvement from injurious competition, was referred to the Committee on Roads. In the House, bills were reported for imposing taxes for the support of Government, and authorizing the South-Side Railroad to build a branch road. The bill making an appropriation for the removal of the remains of Gen. Lee was read the second time, and the bill for the temporary relief of the Banks of this Commonwealth, exempting them from all penalties for suspending specie payments until the 1st of March, 1862, was ordered to its engrossment. The resolution for referring the matter of a Stay Law to a special committee, was under consideration when the House adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: January 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 18 (search)
ity, was taken up, on motion of Mr. Saunders, and being read the second time by its title, was variously amended. On motion, laid on the table. Remains of General Lee.--The bill making an appropriation for the removal of the remains of General Harry Lee, of Light Horse memory, from the cemetery of P. M. Nightingale, Esq., in General Harry Lee, of Light Horse memory, from the cemetery of P. M. Nightingale, Esq., in the Island of Cumberland, Ga., to such place in Virginia as his family may designate; provided, that upon inquiry the Governor may deem such course proper, and such removal may meet with the approbation of the descendants of General Lee, was called up, and being read the first time was ordered to a second reading. Petition PreGeneral Lee, was called up, and being read the first time was ordered to a second reading. Petition Presented and Referred.--By Mr. Wallace, the petition of citizens of Morgantown asking the passage of an act incorporating a Savings Bank in the town of Morgantown. The Banks.--The bill "for the temporary relief of the Banks of this Commonwealth," was called up, on motion of Mr. Gibson, of Hampshire. The most important provision
The Daily Dispatch: January 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], An incident of the last war. (search)
The remains of Gen. Lee. --The committee appointed to convey the remains of General Harry Lee from Cumberland Island, Ga., to the State of his nativity, have received a passport through South Carolina from Col. Walter Gwinn, the present Chief Military Engineer of that Republic. The remains of Gen. Lee. --The committee appointed to convey the remains of General Harry Lee from Cumberland Island, Ga., to the State of his nativity, have received a passport through South Carolina from Col. Walter Gwinn, the present Chief Military Engineer of that Republic.
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