. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. on this and other oc-casions, Congress voted thefollowing resolutions: Bythe act of 7th of April,177S, it was Resolved,whereas Captain HenryLee, of the Light Dragoons,by the whole tenor of hisconduct during the lastcampaign, has proved him-self a brave and prudentofficer, rendered essentialservice to his country, andacquired to himself and thecorps he commanded dis- . -^ . , , ., T ., TODGE CHARLES LEE, OF VIRGINL\. tmguished honor, and it being the determination of Congress to reward merit. Resolved, thatCaptain Henry Lee be p
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. on this and other oc-casions, Congress voted thefollowing resolutions: Bythe act of 7th of April,177S, it was Resolved,whereas Captain HenryLee, of the Light Dragoons,by the whole tenor of hisconduct during the lastcampaign, has proved him-self a brave and prudentofficer, rendered essentialservice to his country, andacquired to himself and thecorps he commanded dis- . -^ . , , ., T ., TODGE CHARLES LEE, OF VIRGINL\. tmguished honor, and it being the determination of Congress to reward merit. Resolved, thatCaptain Henry Lee be promoted to the rank of Major Commandant;that he be empowered to augment his present corps by enlistment oftwo corps of horse to act as a separate corps. By the act of 24th September, 1779, it was Resolved, that the. ^y^^^l-^^t^ ,:=>^^^I2^. io8 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD EEE, thanks of Congress be given to Major Lee for the remarkable prudence,address and bravery displayed in the attack on the enemys fort andworks at Paulus Hook, and that they approve the humanity shown incircumstances prompting to severity, as honorable to the arms of theUnited States and correspondent to the noble principles on whichthey were assumed, and that a gold medal, emblematic of this affair,be struck under the direction of the Board of Treasury, and pre-sented to Major Lee. After serving for three years in the campaigns of the northernarmy, Lee was ordered south to join General Greene, with whom heserved until his final retirement from the army after the surrender ofCornwallis at Yorktown. Greene commended him by declaring that no man in the progress of the campaign had equal merit. When it is remembered that Lee served there with such soldiersas Morgan, Marion, Pickens, Sumter, aud other gallant officers, thefull extent
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