. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. n I trust that many of you will be assembled around the family hearth of dear Arlington to celebrateanother Christmas. Though absent, my heart will be in the midstof you. I shall enjoy in imagination and memory all that is goingon. Then, at the close of a letter from Fort Brown, December27, 1S56, he wrote: I hope you all had a joyous Christmas atArlington, and that it may be long and often repeated. I thoughtof you and wished to be with you. Mine was gratefully but silentlypassed. I endeavored to find some presents for the chil
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. n I trust that many of you will be assembled around the family hearth of dear Arlington to celebrateanother Christmas. Though absent, my heart will be in the midstof you. I shall enjoy in imagination and memory all that is goingon. Then, at the close of a letter from Fort Brown, December27, 1S56, he wrote: I hope you all had a joyous Christmas atArlington, and that it may be long and often repeated. I thoughtof you and wished to be with you. Mine was gratefully but silentlypassed. I endeavored to find some presents for the children in the gar-rison, and succeeded better than I anticipated. . Tell M I found a beautiful Dutch doll for little Emma, one of those cryingbabies that can open and shut their eyes; for two others, hand-some French teapots to match their cups. Then, with knives andbooks, I satisfied the boys. After this, went to church ; then, by-previous invitation. Major Thomas and I dined with the clergyman,Mr. Passmore, on roast turkey and plum pudding. God bless youall!. ..^e^!cI^^IM^^^^^
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