Show DEATH OF GENERAL IS 1 E Y lee iem IEE I EE 1 our dispatches today to day fay bring intelligence 11 of the death of general robert robat ea F ilee ike at half nine yesterday nap rap morning rn thus has passed away another ano illustrious gust lust rious jiember bf adne of jhb knost illustrious lust rious families in colonial andauer ican history general is the descendant of mr richard lee lice who emigrated from england to virg virginia nia in the reign of charles the first the family was both ancient and honorable and was among the staunchest staunch est cst adherents of the royal cause ir id the stormy storm y days of the revolution Be ln 16 england gland which terminated in ih the establishment of the commonwealth under oliver cromwell the founder of the tha family in virginia was BO so determined in hi his loyalty that through his influence combined with that of the royal governor the virginians remained true to the cause of the stuarts and though cromwell sent out a fleet to bring them to terms his efforts were futile and virginia was proclaimed ro claimed an independent dominions dominion 11 among the descendants of this mr richard bichard ieee lee there are above a score seora male and female who have made themselves both nama name and fame in connection with american freedom and inde indel i pen dence and in various walks have secured eminence the deceased general was the immediate 1 descendent of henny henry harry or light diorge harry Z so famed in the war of the revolution general robent robert E J lt ilea lee lea 4 has loag been known as a military man ands and a man pf af learning but was brought into special prominence through his connection with the southern confederacy he being com mander in ehle chie its forces and there is no doubt that had he been as zealous in fighting for the perpetuation of union as ae he his effort to secure the triumph of the southern cause the nation would have conferred upon him very high honors gen lee however was not by any means a rabid secessionist silon but his hia native state declaring for secession from the union he ventured all for virginia he soon became commander in chief of the southern armies armie band sand and remained so until the capitulation cap tul tui tu of the forces at richmond when he and his entire army surrendered to general grant since thethis then jilb life basteen has hns been passed in obscurity ho he having been engaged chiefly as principal of a college founded by him in which young men were trained arid ardd drilled intha in the various branches of military education and scle scie science bce E lee being so prominently connected ith iab with 4 most gigantic attempt to destroy troy of the united bis name will oc cupy cupka A prominent place in american history and though in that eventful pe period of the will diminish the lustre of his record his gam name 6 will hold hoid ap a p nt rank ranh uthe annais annals of his hia M state i wate tate and his memory ba be cherished by its people the general was sixty three years old |