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Title: The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: White, Annie Randall
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Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
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were brought thereto overthrow the arms of Spain and to give them the fullestamount of liberty consistent with the military occupation oftheir island. An invitation from the city officials at the city hall wasgiven him, and when he entered the park which surrounded it,the local band played See, the Conquering Hero Comes, towhich he responded by taking off his hat, and saluting the vastcrowd. The band then played several of our national airs. The news that peace was near was a disappointment toGeneral Miles, as he had planned a masterly movement withgreat care, and had it been carried out it would have taughtthe Spaniards an invaluable lesson. Puerto Rico was occupiedwith a very small loss—two killed and thirty-seven wounded. GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE. When a successor to the Cuban consul-generalship wasneeded, President Cleveland selected Fitzhugh Lee for this im-portant post. The health of Ramon Williams, former consul-general, had failed so visibly that he could no longer attend to its
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GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE—EX-CONSUL-GENERAL TO HAVANA 4oo GENERAL EITZHUGH LEE. arduous demands, and so in the spring of 1896 the choice ofthe president fell upon Mr. Lee, as the most suitable man forthe place. Fitzhugh Lee was born in Stafford County, Virginia, in 1835,and came of an illustrious family. His grandfather had servedin the Revolutionary war, being the famous Lighthorse Harry,and he himself was the nephew of General Robert E. Lee—both of which facts insure the existence of courage and tact inthe subject of our present sketch. His wise and patriotic ad-ministration of the duties of his office as consul won for himin a very brief time the confidence and admiration of the entirecountry, and the judgment of Mr. Cleveland was long sinceindorsed by it. His father was an officer in the navy, but the young boyhad no taste for a sea-life—his leaning was toward the army.So to West Point he went, from which he graduated in 1856with a high record, and became a lieutenant of cavalry

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