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    Jefferson Davis' Views On General Robert E. Lee & The Doctrine Of States Rights
    Jefferson Davis' Views On General Robert E. Lee & The Doctrine Of States Rights
    Jefferson Davis' Views On General Robert E. Lee & The Doctrine Of States Rights
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    Jefferson Davis' Views On General Robert E. Lee & The Doctrine Of States Rights

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    "Jefferson Davis' Views On General Robert E. Lee & The Doctrine Of States Rights" by Jefferson Davis, President, C. S. A. is a candid assessment of General Robert E. Lee, legendary commander of the Army Of Northern Virginia & justifies the Doctrine Of States Rights which the Southern leaders used to implement Secession, bringing on the American Civil War.

    Jefferson Davis 1808-1889 was born in Christian County, Kentucky. After a distinguished military career, Davis served as a U.S. senator and as Secretary of War before his election as the president of the secessionist Confederate States of America. After the war, he was indicted for treason, though never tried, and remained a symbol of Southern pride until his death in 1889.

    The first of the two short essays is a first person, intimate view of General Lee. Davis, who as President of the Confederacy, worked closely with Lee who as commander of one of the principal armies of the Confederacy was responsible for safeguarding Richmond, Virginia the Confederate capital. Davis paints a sympathetic picture of Lee as a man whose devotion to Virginia & honor drove him to try his best to defeat the North even as the dwindling supplies of men & materials made the Southern Cause hopeless.

    In the second essay, Davis gives the South's defense of Secession through his argument of the Doctrine Of States Rights. Even though these writings were published in 1890, long after the war was lost, Davis still vehemently defends the reasoning behind the "Lost Cause" and maintains the position that the South was justified to secede. At first the population of the South resented Davis, blaming him for the war's loss & idolizing General Lee. It was writings like this one & public speeches along the same lines that eventually restored Davis to champion of the "Lost Cause." He also sought to contribute to reconciliation of the South with the North at numerous public appearances, but remained a symbol for Southern pride.

    A must read for both the student of Civil War for background material regarding the people and philosophies that fueled the War.

    There are approximately 11,025+ words and approximately 36+ pages at 300 words per page in this short e-book.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMaine Book Barn Publishing
    Release dateMar 12, 2014
    ISBN9781497796515
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      Jefferson Davis' Views On General Robert E. Lee & The Doctrine Of States Rights - Jefferson Davis

      GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE.

      Robert Edward Lee, gentleman, scholar, gallant soldier, great general, and true Christian, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on January 19, 1807. He was the youngest son of General Henry Lee, who was familiarly known as Light-Horse Harry in the traditions of the war of the Revolution, and who possessed the marked confidence and personal regard of General Washington.

      R. E. Lee entered the United States Military Academy in the summer of 1825, after which my acquaintance with him commenced. He was, as I remember him, larger and looked more mature than the average Pleb, but less so than Mason, who was destined to be the head of his class. His soldierly bearing and excellent conduct caused him in due succession to rise through the several grades and to be the Adjutant of the Corps of Cadets when he was graduated. It is stated that he had not then a demerit mark standing against him, which is quite credible if all reports against him had been cancelled, because they were not for wanton or intentional delinquency. Though numerically rated second in his class, his proficiency was such that he was assigned to the engineer corps, which for many years he adorned both as a military and civil engineer.

      He was of the highest type of manly beauty, yet seemingly unconscious of it, and so respectful and unassuming as to make him a general favorite before his great powers had an opportunity for manifestation. His mind led him to analytic rather than perceptive methods for obtaining results.

      From the date of his graduation in 1829 until 1846 he was engaged in various professional duties, and had by regular promotion attained to the grade of captain of engineers. As such he was assigned to duty with the command of BrigadierGeneral Wool in the campaign to Chihuahua. Thence the command proceeded to make a junction with General Zachary Taylor in front of Buena Vista. Here Captain Lee was employed in the construction of the defensive work, when General Scott came, armed with discretionary orders, and took Lee for service in the column which Scott was to command, with much else that General Taylor could ill afford to spare. Subsequent events proved that the loss to General Taylor's army was more than compensated by the gain to the general cause.

      Avoiding any encroachment upon the domain of history by entering upon a description of campaigns and battles, I cannot forbear from referring to a particular instance of Lee's gallantry and devotion to duty. Before the battle of Contreras, General Scott's troops had become separated by the field of Pedrigal, and it was necessary to communicate instructions to those on the other side of this barrier of rocks and lava. General Scott says in his report that he had sent seven officers since about sundown to communicate instructions; they had all returned without getting through, But the gallant and indefatigable Captain Lee, of the engineers, who has been constantly with the operating forces, is just in from Shields, Smith, Cadwallader, etc. Subsequently General Scott, while giving testimony before a court of inquiry, said: Captain Lee, of the engineers, came to me from Contreras with a message from Brigadier General Smith, I think, about the same time (midnight); he, having passed over the difficult ground by daylight, found it just possible to return to St. Augustine in the dark——the greatest feat of physical and moral courage performed by any individual, in my knowledge, pending the campaign.

      This field of Pedrigal, as described, was impassable on horseback, and crossed with much difficulty by infantry in daylight. After consultation with the generals near to Contreras, it being decided that an attack must be made at daylight, Captain Lee, through storm and darkness, undertook, on foot and alone, to recross the Pedrigal, so as to give General Scott the notice which would insure the cooperation of his divided forces in the morning's attack. This feat was well entitled to the commendation that General Scott bestowed upon it; but the highest praise belongs to

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