In honor of Robert E. Lee, who died on this day, 1870.
"General Lee died this morning at half past nine o'clock. He began to grow worse on Monday and continued to sink until he breathed his last this morning. He died as he lived, calmly and quietly, and in the full assurance of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. The places of business are all closed, the bells are tolling, and the whole community thrown into the deepest grief." Lexington
The first telegram announcing his death, sent by Dr.J.W.Jones to the Richmond Dispatch, that paper gave it to the Associated Press, and it was sent over the country and cabled to Europe.
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