. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Copyright by Review of Reviews Co. THE IDOL OF THE SOUTH No military leader in any country, not even excepting General Washington himself, ever became so universally beloved as RobertE. Lee throughout the South before the close of the war. Rising from the nominal position of Superintendent of Forti6ca-tions at Richmond, he became the military adviser of Jefferson Da\as and finally the General-in-Chief of the Confederate the time that Lee began to drive back McCIellans forces from Richmond in the Seven Days Battles the h
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Copyright by Review of Reviews Co. THE IDOL OF THE SOUTH No military leader in any country, not even excepting General Washington himself, ever became so universally beloved as RobertE. Lee throughout the South before the close of the war. Rising from the nominal position of Superintendent of Forti6ca-tions at Richmond, he became the military adviser of Jefferson Da\as and finally the General-in-Chief of the Confederate the time that Lee began to drive back McCIellans forces from Richmond in the Seven Days Battles the hopes of the Con-federates were centered in their great general. So hastily arranged was that first and final meeting with Grant to discuss the termsof surrender that no photograph was obtained of it, but here are preserved for us the commanding figure, keen eyes, and marvelouslymoulded features of General Lee as he appeared at the McLean farmhouse on the morning of April 9, 1865. The careworn lines thatmarked his face after the long struggle have been sraoot
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