True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 170
face, of course, but when they talked together about him. He was so kind, and patient, and gentle; he was always trying to help them, and cared for them rp^ so much that they knew he g was their friend, even when he made them march the longest, and even when he made them fight the hardest. But a… … GENERAL LEE TO THE REAR. 172 ROBERT E. LEE One day, when there was a terrible battle raging, he saw hissoldiers beaten back by the Union troops from a place hewished them to keep. They must not lose it, he said, andhe waved his sword above his head and dashed to the front tolead his soldiers into…
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