True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 162
ers memory, and felt so much pride in thedeeds his famous father had done in the cause of libertyand his native land, that when the time came for him to decidewhat he would do when he became a man, he declared hewould be a soldier just as his father had been. ROBERT B. LiUE 163 So he went to West… … ALWAYS TO BE FOUND WHERE THE FIGHTING WAS THE FIERCEST. there as a pleb, or new boy, in 1825, when he was eighteenyears old, and leaving it, or graduating as it is called, asLieutenant Lee in 1829. He did finely at the famous school.He was what they called a model cadet—always spick and 164 ROBERT…
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