. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. 68 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE,. Ma/ljM^lff^-^^ and laid them down cheerfully when duty to kingor country demanded the sacrifice, and when itpleased God to call them out of the world. IN name of Lee occurs very early in the listsof the landed gentry of England, and of the LordMayors and Sheriffs of the counties. LancelotLee was with William the Conqueror at thebattle of Hastings, in 1066, and Lionel Leewas a soldier under Richard Coeur de Lion, at the head of a company of gentlemencavaliers, displaying great bravery a
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. 68 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE,. Ma/ljM^lff^-^^ and laid them down cheerfully when duty to kingor country demanded the sacrifice, and when itpleased God to call them out of the world. IN name of Lee occurs very early in the listsof the landed gentry of England, and of the LordMayors and Sheriffs of the counties. LancelotLee was with William the Conqueror at thebattle of Hastings, in 1066, and Lionel Leewas a soldier under Richard Coeur de Lion, at the head of a company of gentlemencavaliers, displaying great bravery at name often appears as de Lee beforethe reign of Henry VI. In that reign the de before names began to be left off, and knight and squire took its place. I should have been glad to have dis-covered that the Virginia hero was of thelineage of Thomas Leigh, of Stoneleigh,/p C/f ^y^/£yy^A, created Baron for his fidelity in dangerous<7 ^ Virginia, times; or even to have traced kindred with the sturdy old knight immortalized by theWizard of the North. But I incline to the opinion that
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