“In rural and struggling Lexington, Virginia, Lee's new postwar home, one writer joked darkly dollars were so scarce that they had to be introduced to one another when they met on Main Street.” — Charles Bracelen Flood Copy Share Image
“Lee had a low opinion of black abilities, and thought that Virginia would be better off it its freed black population now migrated south into the Cotton States. On the other hand, four years before the war he had written, “Slavery as an institution, is a moral and political evil in any country,” and in a postwar conversation he was… — Charles Bracelen Flood Copy Share
“His special gift was the ability to see the essence of a worthwhile suggestion and to relate it to what was already in existence… — Charles Bracelen Flood Copy Share Image
“Death seemed to lose its terrors and to borrow a grace and dignity in sublime keeping with the life that was ebbing away.” — Charles Bracelen Flood Copy Share Image
“The war had made some into libertines and some into serious, sober men.” — Charles Bracelen Flood Copy Share Image
“Lee crushed this idea in a few words. “If I took your advice, the men would be without rations and under no control of… — Charles Bracelen Flood Copy Share Image
“In rural and struggling Lexington, Virginia, Lee's new postwar home, one writer joked darkly dollars were so scarce that they had to be introduced… — Charles Bracelen Flood Copy Share Image
“Gen. Robert E. Lee was present, and, ignoring the action and presence of the negro, arose in his usual dignified and self-possessed manner, walked… — Charles Bracelen Flood Copy Share Image
“In a few minutes, Lee and Grant reached across to each other from their horses and shook hands. When they met again, Grant would… — Charles Bracelen Flood Copy Share Image
