. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. Southern man more ^^^ ___. ~ 3 than the Northern, because g^~ :j of the Southerners inherited 1 teaching — the doctrine ofI State Sovereignty. Of course all this is is all settled now. Butone cannot rightly apprehendor discuss the career of solarge a man as Robert , without showing thecause of his leaving his Gov-ernment—a Governmentwhich had always favoredhim, crowned him with honor,and, strange to tell, just be-fore he turned away fromher flag, had offered him thecommand of her similarly trying cir-cu
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. Southern man more ^^^ ___. ~ 3 than the Northern, because g^~ :j of the Southerners inherited 1 teaching — the doctrine ofI State Sovereignty. Of course all this is is all settled now. Butone cannot rightly apprehendor discuss the career of solarge a man as Robert , without showing thecause of his leaving his Gov-ernment—a Governmentwhich had always favoredhim, crowned him with honor,and, strange to tell, just be-fore he turned away fromher flag, had offered him thecommand of her similarly trying cir-cumstances. General Hardees exclamation a short time before heturned Southward, is well remembered : Howard, there will be twoGovernments very soon established, and I dont want to belong toa Northern Confederacy. Often have I been asked: Independent of his personal char-acter, where do you class General Lee among the generals of thelast Civil War ? First, I may say that the elements which con-stitute personal character enter largely into the summation which. GENERAI, O. O. HOWARD IN WAR TIME. SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 355 distiuguishes a great leader. And they can never be ignored inany clear view of his life-work. If we chose Lees first carapaign,that of West Virginia, which took place during the fall and winterof 1861 and 1862, it will help to illustrate his qualities. He hadopposed to him a fellow-engineer officer—General Rosecrans. Rose-crans chose a superb position, a sort of mountain stronghold. Hewas ready to take the offensive against Lee, if he found Lee offhis guard. Lee himself did not wish to be idle. He had greathopes of clearing West Virginia of Union forces. Rosecrans wasapparently moving for battle. Careful reconnoissances were madeby Lee, and a good plan fixed upon. The detached column, nndera subordinate, found its way through hardship and suffering toRosecrans most vulnerable points for an attack. But the subordi-nate, who had been over-conf
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