. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. , in the Wilderness, during the fiercest grappling we had withGrant, the writer was riding with General Lee, and while passinga spot where early in the morning a commissary had been butcher-ing some beeves, he noticed that the pelts were lying about on theground. He stopped, sent a staff officer to have the commissarybrought to him, then calling his attention to the wanton waste of. SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 371 this public property, reminded him that those hides could be ex-changed for leather, and shoes thus obt
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. , in the Wilderness, during the fiercest grappling we had withGrant, the writer was riding with General Lee, and while passinga spot where early in the morning a commissary had been butcher-ing some beeves, he noticed that the pelts were lying about on theground. He stopped, sent a staff officer to have the commissarybrought to him, then calling his attention to the wanton waste of. SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 371 this public property, reminded him that those hides could be ex-changed for leather, and shoes thus obtained for the poor bare-footedsoldier. On another occasion he passed a cavalry brigade halted in alane, and saw the men of every regiment but one off in theadjoining field helping themselves to watermelons. He asked forthe colonel of the regiment which was not pillaging, and whenthe colonel came up he asked him why his men were not outin the field helping themselves to the delicious watermelons,which were so abundant. The colonel replied, ]\Iy men. General,are not allowed to disobey your orders concerning of these colonels had been recommended for promotion,and it is needless to say which of the lot was preferred—theman who obeyed orders and kept his men from pillaging wasthe one honored. General Lees habits were simple and without the least osten-tation. He lived in a tent winter and summer, in all kinds andconditions o
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