. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. ^ positions, the most honoring in the Colony, and the namePhilip Ludwell was derived from descent from Philip Ludwell,Secretary of the Colony, aiid for a time Governor of North Caro-lina, who was the third husband of Lady Frances, widow of SirWilliam Berkeley—although she had no children by the leal anduncompromising representative of the King. And so, with the bugles of the Revolution in our ears, we?close this partial record of the ancestors of General Robert , and the times in which they FAC-SIMILE OF GOLD MEDAI
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. ^ positions, the most honoring in the Colony, and the namePhilip Ludwell was derived from descent from Philip Ludwell,Secretary of the Colony, aiid for a time Governor of North Caro-lina, who was the third husband of Lady Frances, widow of SirWilliam Berkeley—although she had no children by the leal anduncompromising representative of the King. And so, with the bugles of the Revolution in our ears, we?close this partial record of the ancestors of General Robert , and the times in which they FAC-SIMILE OF GOLD MEDAI, PRESKNTRD TO LIGHT-HORSE HARRY.(17^6-1818.) A Brief Review of the Life and Letters of Major-GeneralHenry Lee, Father of General Robert E. Lee. . General Henry Lee, if not the foremost man of all the world of his age and rank,was certainly the second of no man, if, dnring seven years of service, in numberless situationsrequiring talents, bravery and prompt execution, the commission of no fault or the neglect ofno duty, entitled him to such an appellation.—Vindiaition of John Banks, of Virginia. Against the stormy background of tlie Revolution and thefirst Presidential term of Washington, there stands out in vividrelief, both in the military and civil annals of the United States, thefigure of the dashing dragoon and splendid orator, the chosen ofPatrick Henry and the beloved of Washington; classic scholar andimpassioned patriot, brilliant scion of a long-distinguished race,governor of his native State and perfect type of the Virginia gen-tleman, reari
Size: 2270px × 1101px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherrichmondvabfjohnso
