ention of
a human being; and, although he had been from an early period, we
believe, a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he
seldom discussed religious questions, or spoke of his own feelings,
presenting in this a marked contrast, as we have said, to his
illustrious associate General Jackson.

Even during the war, however, as the reader has seen in our notices of
his character at the end of 1863, General Lee's piety revealed itself
in conversations with his chaplains and other good men; and was not
concealed from the troops, as on the occasion of the prayer-meeting
in the midst of the fighting at Mine Run. On another occasion, when
reviewing his army near Winchester, he was seen to raise his hat to a
chaplain with the words, "I salute the Church of God;" and again, near
Petersburg, was observed kneeling in prayer, a short distance from
the road, as his troops marched by. Still another incident of the
period--that of the war--will be recorded here in the words of the
Rev. J. William Jones, who relates it:

"Not long before the evacuation of Petersburg, the writer was one
day distributing tracts along the trenches, when he perceived
a brilliant cavalcade approaching. General Lee--accompanied by
General John B. Gordon, General A.P. Hill, and other general
officers, with their staffs--was inspecting our lines and
reconnoitring those of the enemy. The keen eye of Gordon
recognized, and his cordial grasp detained, the humble
tract-distributor, as he warmly inquired about his work. General
Lee at once reined in his horse and joined in the conversation,
the rest of the party gathered around, and the humble colporteur
thus became the centre of a group of whose notice the highest
princes of earth might well be proud. General Lee asked if we ever
had calls for prayer-books, and said that if we would call at his
headquarters he would give us some for distribution--'that some
friend in Richmond had given him a new prayer-book, and, upon his
saying that he would give his old one, that he had used ever since
the Mexican War, to some soldier, the friend had offered him a
dozen new books for the old one, and he had, of course, accepted
so good an offer, and now had twelve instead of one to give away.'
We called at the appointed hour. The general had gone out on some
important matter, but (even amid his pressing duties) had left
the pr