A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . brought to Fortress Monroe, where he wasironed and imprisoned in a damp, dark casemate, deprivedof all books and papers, guarded constantly by soldiers. and other eminentgiven their opinionconvicted of noyears of sufferingbail, broken inquered in Grant, whokind-hearted man,of his great braverymore powerful thanis entitled to theLee, Johnston andfederate leaders,lowed to go aboutGrant ever showedthose in his power,act of cruelty orunfortunate peoplechargedhim. Heery consid-Lees feel-he receivedder of hispomattox;wants ofred
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . brought to Fortress Monroe, where he wasironed and imprisoned in a damp, dark casemate, deprivedof all books and papers, guarded constantly by soldiers. and other eminentgiven their opinionconvicted of noyears of sufferingbail, broken inquered in Grant, whokind-hearted man,of his great braverymore powerful thanis entitled to theLee, Johnston andfederate leaders,lowed to go aboutGrant ever showedthose in his power,act of cruelty orunfortunate peoplechargedhim. Heery consid-Lees feel-he receivedder of hispomattox;wants ofred Confed-wh o m heand he also Chief Justice Chaselawyers, havingthat he could becrime, after tw^ohe was releasedhealth, but uncon-General Grant.—was naturally a veryand who, by reasonand ability, w^asall of the politicians,credit of protectingthe rest of the Con-and they were al-their business,kindly feeling toand not one singleharshness to ourwas everagainstshowed ev-eration forings whenthe surren-army at Ap-and for thethe captu-erates, tohad rations. A. P. HILL MONUMENT, NEAR RICHMOND, VA issued from his own suppliespermitted them to keep their horses, that they might beable to begin again to work their farms. Where truthcompels so many cruelties to be narrated, it is pleasant tobe able to record this example of magnanimity andhumanity. The Other Side.—But cruel as war is, it sometimes 204 History of Virginia and Virginians. shows how noble and unselfish men can be. Colonel JohnHaskell, of South Carolina, w^as so severely wounded inhis arm that amputation was necessary, and the surgeonsprepared to administer chloroform to him. ^ Stop, doctor;since Lincoln has made medicines contraband of war,you have very little chloroform? Yes, colonel; thatis so. * Then, doctor, I will stand the operation withoutit; keep the chloroform for some soldier whose need isgreater than mine. Another noble example of generosityand unselfishness was General M. C. Butler, also of SouthCarolina. Dur
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