. The photographic history of the civil . o picku\) and care for a stunned young bird. No wonder that when,on a desperate day in the Wilderness, he attempted to head acharge, his lovingly indignant soldiers forced him back. Theyhad visions of a hapless South deprived of its chief their sons have visions of a South fortunate in beinga contented part of a great, undivided country and in possess-ing that choicest of possessions, a hero in whom power andcharm are mingled in equal measure. But we must take up once more our thin thread of narra-tive. Burnside superseded McClell
. The photographic history of the civil . o picku\) and care for a stunned young bird. No wonder that when,on a desperate day in the Wilderness, he attempted to head acharge, his lovingly indignant soldiers forced him back. Theyhad visions of a hapless South deprived of its chief their sons have visions of a South fortunate in beinga contented part of a great, undivided country and in possess-ing that choicest of possessions, a hero in whom power andcharm are mingled in equal measure. But we must take up once more our thin thread of narra-tive. Burnside superseded McClellan, and Lee, with the sup-port of Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson, encountered himat Fredericksburg, where, on December 13, 1802, the Federalssuffered one of the most disastrous defeats of the war. Hookersucceeded Burnside and began operations well by obtainingat Chancellorsville a position in Lees rear. Then came thetremendous fighting of May 2 and 3, 1803, followed by Hook-ers retreat across the Rappahannock on the 0th. The Confed- [6G] ?EM. COPYRIGHT, LEE IN RICHMOND AFTER THE WAR The quiet distinction and dignity of the Confederate leader appears particularly in this group portrait—always a trying ordeal for the central figure. Superbly calm he sits, the general who laid down arms totallyunembittered, and set a magnificent example to his followers in peace as he had in war. Lee strove after thefall of the Confederacy, with all his far-reaching influence, to allay the feeling aroused by four years of thefiercest fighting in history. This photograph was taken by Brady in 1865, in the basement below the backporch of Lees Franklin Street house in Richmond. On his right stands General G. W. C. Lee, on his left,Colonel Walter Taylor. This is one of five photographs taken by Brady at this time. A second and thirdare shown on pages 65 and 69, a fourth on page 8,5 of Volume I, and a fifth on page 23 of Volume III.
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