. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ork in a schooner with a party of men and a years suppheswith the necessary outfit for making surveys and a hydrographical andgeological examination of the property. The schooner was wrecked onBolivar i^oint at the entrance to Galveston Harbor. He and his party werearrested by the military authorities on charge of conducting an invasion inthe Mexican territory. They were confined to the military post of Arrahnacuntil the government investigated the affair. This required a year. Thejwere released on condition that
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ork in a schooner with a party of men and a years suppheswith the necessary outfit for making surveys and a hydrographical andgeological examination of the property. The schooner was wrecked onBolivar i^oint at the entrance to Galveston Harbor. He and his party werearrested by the military authorities on charge of conducting an invasion inthe Mexican territory. They were confined to the military post of Arrahnacuntil the government investigated the affair. This required a year. Thejwere released on condition that they leave the country in ten days. On the breaking out of the Civil War, he offered his services to GovernorAndrew of Massachusetts and was commissioned colonel of the 20th Regiment,July 1, 1861. This regiment was his creation. He selected the field andstaff officers, and most of those in the line. He gave it its standard of militaryduty. He inspired his command with his own high spirit of devotion andsteadfastness. Well did the regiment repay him by its magnificent behavior. SKETCHES OF ACADEMY CADETS. 163 on many a bloody field. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Balls Bluff,and was one of the hostages selected by the Confederate government to receivethe treatment which was awarded to Confederate privateersmen by the mis-taken policy pm-sued by Federal authorities at the outset of the war. Hissufferings were severe, and for a time endangered his life. Fortunately thisexceptional treatment did not last long, and early in 1862 he was led his regiment throughout the Peninsula campaign; he was at Yorktown,Fair Oaks, Savages Station, Glendale, and Malvern Hill. In the bloodybattle of Antietam, the regiment suffered heavy loss, but fully sustainedits reputation. But the strain of field service proved too much for its com-manding officer. After a vain struggle with increasing infirmity, ColonelLee was obliged to resign December 17, 1862. His military life was brief
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