The Heart of Lee
The Heart of Lee
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" Captain Robert E. Lee has written of the general grief over the loss of General Jackson, who had thoughtlessly gone in front of the firing line and was shot by his own men: " The joy of our victory at Chancellorsville was sad- 159 THE HEART OF LEE dened by the death of ! Stonewall ' Jackson. His loss was the heaviest blow the Army of Northern Virginia ever sustained. To Jackson's note tell- ing him he was wounded, my father replied: " . . . ' Could I have directed events, I should have chosen..., for the good of the country, to have been dis- abled in vour stead. I congratulate vou on the victory, which is due to your energy. ' " Jackson said, when this was read to him: * Better that ten Jacksons should fall than one Lee! ' " Afterward, when it was reported that Jackson was doing well, General Lee playfully sent him word: " * You are better off than I am, for while you have only lost your left, I have lost my right arm. ' " Then, hearing that he was worse, he said: 160 LOYAL IN REBELLION " ' Tell him that I am praying for him as I believe I have never prayed for myself/ " The night after the Northern defeat at Chancellorsville was, according to President Lincoln's secretary-histori- ans, the darkest of all in the terrible war.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" Captain Robert E. Lee has written of the general grief over the loss of General Jackson, who had thoughtlessly gone in front of the firing line and was shot by his own men: " The joy of our victory at Chancellorsville was sad- 159 THE HEART OF LEE dened by the death of ! Stonewall ' Jackson. His loss was the heaviest blow the Army of Northern Virginia ever sustained. To Jackson's note tell- ing him he was wounded, my father replied: " . . . ' Could I have directed events, I should have chosen..., for the good of the country, to have been dis- abled in vour stead. I congratulate vou on the victory, which is due to your energy. ' " Jackson said, when this was read to him: * Better that ten Jacksons should fall than one Lee! ' " Afterward, when it was reported that Jackson was doing well, General Lee playfully sent him word: " * You are better off than I am, for while you have only lost your left, I have lost my right arm. ' " Then, hearing that he was worse, he said: 160 LOYAL IN REBELLION " ' Tell him that I am praying for him as I believe I have never prayed for myself/ " The night after the Northern defeat at Chancellorsville was, according to President Lincoln's secretary-histori- ans, the darkest of all in the terrible war.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Wayne Whipple And S F Aaron to read onlineMoreLess
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