you ll be swept to hell! [ horse whinnies ] general a.p. hill, one of the highest-ranking confederate officers to be killed during the war, was dead before he hit the ground. sir, general hill has fallen. parallel with the death of stonewall jackson, i think the death of a.p. hill was a major undoing for lee because lee was one of those guys who really depended upon his generals to act autonomously and do great things. without somebody like hill to direct it, he was vastly reduced. he is at rest now. we who are left are the ones who must suffer. this is for the president. president davis, i recommend a swift evacuation of richmond, as federal troops appear to have the upper hand here. at some point, with grant outside petersburg, it becomes a question less of if richmond will fall
when you think of robert e. lee, you think of a very stately, dignified virginian, and that s what he was. when he arrives at appomattox court house to surrender, he looks as dignified as if he d just stepped off the parade ground. for this surrender, lee takes it very formally. he takes it very serious, and he puts on his dress uniform and his sword and gets cleaned up, and grant doesn t. grant shows up in his road uniform, and his boots were muddy. grant is the epitome of the soldier who has slogged through this. [ horse whinnies ] probably the most painful thing that robert e. lee ever had to do in his life was to meet with general grant and surrender his army.
when you think of robert e. lee, you think of a very stately, dignified virginian, and that s what he was. when he arrives at appomattox court house to surrender, he looks as dignified as if he d just stepped off the parade ground. for this surrender, lee takes it very formally. he takes it very serious, and he puts on his dress uniform and his sword and gets cleaned up, and grant doesn t. grant shows up in his road uniform, and his boots were muddy. grant is the epitome of the soldier who has slogged through this. [ horse whinnies ] probably the most painful thing that robert e. lee ever had to do in his life was to meet with general grant and surrender his army.
if you fire, you ll be swept to hell! [ horse whinnies ] general a.p. hill, one of the highest-ranking confederate officers to be killed during the war, was dead before he hit the ground. sir, general hill has fallen. parallel with the death of stonewall jackson, i think the death of a.p. hill was a major undoing for lee because lee was one of those guys who really depended upon his generals to act autonomously and do great things. without somebody like hill to direct it, he was vastly reduced. he is at rest now. we who are left are the ones who must suffer. this is for the president. president davis, i recommend a swift evacuation of richmond, as federal troops appear to have the upper hand here. at some point, with grant outside petersburg, it becomes a question less of
robert e. lee. groomed to be the next george washington, torn between loyalty to his state and duty to his country. [ horse whinnies ] the defining symbol of southern gentility. but behind every symbol stands a man, and behind every legend lies the truth. what s the state of the battle, soldier? where s general johnston? where is general johnston? come on. in his first year of war, robert e. lee, much like george washington, is an unproven general leading an ill-equipped army in defense of his homeland. lee is a true virginian, born in the shadow of mount vernon, and through marriage becomes a part of the washington family. he inherits all that comes with such a distinction, from the