We can seem to hear his voice
ringing in command:
"On, men of Virginia! On, men of the South! We are Americans all!"
IMPORTANT DATES IN LEE'S LIFE
1807. January 19. Robert Edward Lee born.
1825. Entered West Point.
1829. Graduated second in his class. Made second-lieutenant
in engineers.
1831. Married Mary Custis.
1838. Appointed captain.
1845. Joined General Scott's staff in Mexico.
1848. Made colonel for gallant conduct.
1852. Appointed superintendent of West Point.
1855. Appointed lieutenant-colonel of cavalry, in service
against Indians.
1861. Made general in Confederate Army.
1865. Surrendered to Grant.
1865. Accepted presidency of Washington College, Virginia.
1870. October 12. Died at this college.
NAPOLEON
THE FRIENDLESS BOY WHO WAS TO SWAY MIGHTY ARMIES
"Hayseed! hayseed!"
Thus mocked a group of schoolboys of a mate who stood moodily by and
glowered upon them.
Although their words were not English, "Hayseed!" was what they meant
by the punning French phrase. This boy from the South who did not
speak as they did, or act as they did, and wore cheaper clothes, was
the butt of their ridicule.
"He calls himself 'Napoleone,'" they said. "He means 'La paille au
nez' (straw-nose).
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