Category: Biographies
_Resolved by the House of Representatives_ (_the Senate concurring_), That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. W.H.F. LEE, late a Representative from the State of Virginia, eight thousand copies, of which number two thousand copies shall be del...
Grant and Lee, Sherman, Sheridan, and the two Johnstons have gone from us forever, and every day the green sward of peace, the flowers of affection, are placed above the grave o...
7. Part 7He rebuilt and reëstablished his home at the White House plantation. He was married November 27, 1867, to Miss Mary Tabb, daughter of Hon. George W. Bolling, of Petersburg. In 1...
6. Part 6We also found that on the political questions of the day we were similarly in accord. We believed in the same political principles. And so it was a very rare occurrence that whe...
4. Part 4It soon appeared to those who watched him closely that he was singularly modest. This modesty was not diffidence. He was at all times self-poised. On this floor, addressing hims...
3. Part 3As a Representative he was as true to his constituents as any subject to his sovereign, laboring in season and out of season to serve them, and even when his strong frame began...
2. Part 2Nowhere was the principle "_Sana mens in sano corpore_" more scrupulously taught than in Virginia. The rod and stream, the gun, the "hounds and horns," the chase, with the music...
1. Part 1_Resolved by the House of Representatives_ (_the Senate concurring_), That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. W.H.F. LEE, late a Representative...
8. Part 8The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.