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But while entertaining these sentiments, we can not, we will not, forget
our glorious dead. The brave men against whom we fought neither expect
nor desire such unnatural conduct. Whether the cause for which they died
was just or not it would be idle to discuss. It is enough for us to know
that--
They were slain for us,
And their blood flowed out in a rain for us--
Red, rich, and pure, on the plain for us;
And years may go,
But our tears shall flow
O'er the dead who have died in vain for us.
After the cessation of hostilities Gen. LEE resumed the occupations of a
farmer on the old plantation which he had left in 1861. The implements
of warfare were exchanged for those of the husbandman, and following the
plow on the furrows he commenced the work of repairing the losses he had
sustained. In 1868 he married Miss Mary Tabb Bolling, the daughter of
Col. George W. Bolling, of Petersburg, and they continued their residence
at the White House until 1874, when they removed to Ravensworth, in the
county of Fairfax, where he died.
He was an able and faithful Representative, and always devoted to the
interests of his constituents. As a fitting eulogy to his worth it may
be truly said that it was his disposition to follow the line of duty to
the end.
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