...uttered these words, which the merchant wrote down at the time in his journal — they stand there still to-day: I must say that I am one of those dull creatures...this entry the merchant wrote: Spoken by Colonel RE Lcc when he paid this bill, April 19, 1861. A few days later, Lee was made commander-in-chief of the...

...these words which the merchant wrote down in his journal — they stand there still to-day: "I must say I am one of those dull creatures that cannot see the...merchant wrote: "Spoken by Colonel RE Lee when he paid his bill, April 19, 1861." A few days later Lee was made Commander-in-chief of the forces of the state...

...these words which the merchant wrote down in his journal — they stand there still to-day: "I must say I am one of those dull creatures that cannot see the...merchant wrote: "Spoken by Colonel RE Lee when he paid his bill, April 19, 1861." A few days later Lee was made commander-in-chief of the forces of the state...

...have seen the last of secession ", and his words soon after he had resigned his commission in 1861, "I must say that I am one of those dull creatures that cannot see the good of secession ". Even before that, in January, 1861, he wrote, " The framers of our Constitution would never have...

...have seen the last of secession ", and his words soon after he had resigned his commission in 1861, " I must say that I am one of those dull creatures that cannot see the good of secession ". Even before that, in January, 1 86 1, he wrote, " The framers of our Constitution would never have...

...from personal sympathy with the combatants, and not on any legal theory of right and wrong. On the day he resigned, he wrote his sister that he could not...commander-in-chief of the forces of the State of Virginia. The late Judge John Critcher . . . told me that when Lee returned with the committee to the convention...

...given their deep respect for each other. There was no resentment. Lee had told his druggist that he "must say that I am one of those dull creatures that cannot see the good of secession." But he was soon to write without being contradictory that "save in defense of my native State, I never...

...1807-October 12, 1870 Granny Lee, King of Spades, Marse Robert, Uncle Robert, Bobby Lee WORDS TO REMEMBER: "I must say that I am one of those dull creatures that cannot see the good of secession." cLbn April 1861, the highest-ranking soldier in America, Winfield Scott, needed a ringer. Since the...

...so. He regarded Virginia's decision to secede as "the beginning of sorrows" and admitted to a clerk, "I am one of those dull creatures that cannot see the good of secession." Nevertheless, he followed his state out of the Union and resigned from the army he had served most...

...Strong as Lee's attachment to the Union was, his attachment to Virginia was stronger. He was, he said, "one of those dull creatures that cannot see the good of secession." He could not anticipate a "greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union." When,...