. The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election. Also a list of America's most eligible women. alled onto draw my sword. These utterances exhibit in few words the opinions andfeelings of Colonel Lee at this time. Imbued with the doc-trine of State rights, impressed with sympathy for hiskindred, unable to extricate himself from what he thoughtthe necessity of his position, he reluctantly bade adieu to thenation from which he had derived all his honors, and ac-cepted the uncertain fortunes of a warring section of thecountry.
. The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election. Also a list of America's most eligible women. alled onto draw my sword. These utterances exhibit in few words the opinions andfeelings of Colonel Lee at this time. Imbued with the doc-trine of State rights, impressed with sympathy for hiskindred, unable to extricate himself from what he thoughtthe necessity of his position, he reluctantly bade adieu to thenation from which he had derived all his honors, and ac-cepted the uncertain fortunes of a warring section of thecountry. Lee was ready to sacrifice his fortune for Virginia, andthe State, conscious of his worth, hastened to draw himfrom his retirement and entrust her welfare in his the 23d of April he was appointed by Governor Letcher,Major-General of the State forces, and solemnly pledgedhimself before the Virginia Convention, then assembled atRichmond, to the duty assigned to him. He was immediatelyactively engaged in organizing the bodies of troops whichhastened to Virginia as the battle-ground of the war. Whenthe government of the Southern Confederacy was fully 241. I THE HALL OF FAME established at Richmond, he received, in July, the rank ofBrigadier-General in the Confederate army. His estate atArlington Heights, where he had at the outset erected forti-fications, was now deserted, and in the possession of theUnion forces. There is no space to follow the years of war, by whichLee won his fame as a great commander. In February,1865, destined to be the last year of the war, Lee, in obedi-ence to a universally expressed desire, was created General-in-Chief of the army of the Confederate States. In assum-ing the command, he said in a general order: Deeply im-pressed with the difficulties and responsibilities of the posi-tion, and humbly invoking the guidance of Almighty God,I rely for success upon the courage and fortitude of thearmy, sustained by the patriotism and firmness of the pe
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