. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . and that I give ungrudgingly. In 1867, in company with his daughter Mildred, he rode on horseback to^ the Peaks of Otter, ^ fifty miles from Lex-ington. At a ferryon the route theboatman chanced tobe an old the usualcharge was ten-dered, the roughmountaineers eyesfilled with tears, andhe shook his head,saying, I could nottake pay from you,Master Robert; Ihave followed youin many a battle. Bitterness or re-sentment seemed tohave no place inGeneral Lees na-ture. When the fateof war went againsthim, he accepted itsr
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . and that I give ungrudgingly. In 1867, in company with his daughter Mildred, he rode on horseback to^ the Peaks of Otter, ^ fifty miles from Lex-ington. At a ferryon the route theboatman chanced tobe an old the usualcharge was ten-dered, the roughmountaineers eyesfilled with tears, andhe shook his head,saying, I could nottake pay from you,Master Robert; Ihave followed youin many a battle. Bitterness or re-sentment seemed tohave no place inGeneral Lees na-ture. When the fateof war went againsthim, he accepted itsresult in good faith, and thenceforwarddid his best to re-store good feelingbetween the Northandthe South. Eventoward men who ex-hibited the most in-tense bitternessagainst him heseemed to have no other feeling than kindness and good-will. This wasthe case even with those who sought to have him tried and punished fortreason. Durino- the war it was noticeable that he never spoke of the LTnionsoldiers as Yankees, the common expression in tlie Southern army. They. LLE AND THE UNION SOLDIER. 676 SCENE AFTER GETTYSBURG. were always mentioned as Federals, or the enemy. He regretted andcondemned the harsh and bitter language which characterized the Southernnewspapers. Is it any wonder, he said, that Northern journals should retortas they do, when those in the South employ such language against them? LEE .\XD THE UXION SOLDIER. A touching stor), illustrating this noble trait of General Lees character,was told years after the war by a Union veteran who was viewing the greatpanorama, The Battle of Gettysburg. He said, I was at the battle ofGettysburg myself I had been a most bitter anti-South man, and fought andcursed the Confederates desperately. I could see nothing good in any of last day of the fight I was badly wounded. A ball shattered my left lay on the ground not far from Cemetery^ Ridge, and as General Lee orderedhis retreat, he and his officers rode near me. As the
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