Gallantry Under Fire

Lee was originally stationed in New York building a fort but he really wanted to be in the conflict going on with Mexico. By the end of the war he became a colonel. He was said to be a military genius. His officers said he showed gallantry and meritorious conduct. There was a battle where he led his men through the battle with wounded and was promoted again. Early in the war he was in charge of bombarding a city and during he felt terrible not for the soldiers but for the civilians in the city. After the war his children had grown very much. When he returned he accidentally hugged his neighbor's son. Later he returned to Texas where there were a clash of abolitionists and slave owners. He personally was against slavery, he thought it was politically and morally evil in any country. though he thought abolitionists were dangerous because they would start a conflict between the North and the South. Lee was put in charge of stopping John Brown and his nineteen men. They had taken hostages so he would not let his men fire, he led a bayonet charge where he was nearly shot and killed. One of Lee's men knocked the mans rifle out of his hands. Soon Lincoln was elected and the controversy over states right got worse, especially with slavery in the west. After Texas seceded he was promoted again to colonel of the 1st Calvary. Virginia went into secret session and he knew that he would have to chose between his country and his state.