Excerpt from Gen. Robert E. Lee: Commemorative Address Before the New York Southern Society on the Anniversary of the Great Commander's Birth, January 19th, 1906<br><br>Of all the brilliant reputations among the younger group of officers which were won in that campaign Lee's was the most conspicuous. Upon him the commander-in-chief leaned as upon no other. At Cerro Gordo he was brevetted Major for exceptional gallantry. At Contreras and Cherubusco he was officially proclaimed for meritorious conduct, and on account Of a wound received in the assault on Chapultepec, September 13th, 1847, he was given his promotion to lieutenant-colonel. It was at Contreras, when the army was baffled, that the quick eye of Lee discovered, by a daring reconnaissance, a line of approach hidden from the enemy by which the position might be taken. This the Commander in Chief Of the army characterized as the greatest feat Of physical and moral courage performed by any individual dur ing the entire campaign.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.