Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . General Sheridan his successor asgeneral-in-chief. To his military honors was added the degree ofLL. D., conferred upon him by Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard and Prince-ton, in recognition of his superior worth as a scholar as well as a sterling qualities which General Sherman displayed on the battle-field commanded the admiration of friends and foes alike, while thegenuine, noble and sympathetic heart which beat within his breast madefriends of foes, and won for him the love and respect of a died, February 14, 1891.
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . General Sheridan his successor asgeneral-in-chief. To his military honors was added the degree ofLL. D., conferred upon him by Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard and Prince-ton, in recognition of his superior worth as a scholar as well as a sterling qualities which General Sherman displayed on the battle-field commanded the admiration of friends and foes alike, while thegenuine, noble and sympathetic heart which beat within his breast madefriends of foes, and won for him the love and respect of a died, February 14, 1891. General Sherman came from a distinguished family. He was abrother of the Hou. John Sherman, who was for many years UnitedStates Senator from Ohio, and the author of several important measures,which gave him a wide celebrity. General Sherman was an illustriousexample of the cultivated scholar and statesman in war. While a braveand competent commander, he was a true and noble citizen, a loyalfriend, and a patriot whose absorbing passion was love of .m^-iyW^-W GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. fajmous commander-in-chief of theconfederate armies—wis masterlygeneralship — handsome presenceand cordial manner—type of thenoblest kind of soldier — touch-ing scenes in his military career Lord Wolseley, who visited General Lees headquarters in 1862subsequently wrote that Lee is stamped on my memory as a being apartand superior to all others in every way. The man who elicited this some-what extravagant eulogium was descended from fine stock. The Leesof Virginia, to whom the eminent Confederate soldier owed his origin,were an illustrious family of the State that has been designated theMother of Presidents. He was the son of the Revolutionary GeneralHenry Lee, known as Light-horse Harry, and was graduated fromWest Point in 1829, ranking second in a class of forty-six, and was com-missioned as second lieutenant in the engineers. At the beginning of the Mexican war he was assigned to du
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