From this brief review it appears clearly that the men who, after June 1st, 1862, followed Lee's banner and were under his immediate command were, even before that time and from the very outset, in a large and true sense his soldiers and under his control; so that, while strictly speaking no soldier followed Lee for four years, yet we who served in Virginia from the beginning to the end of the war are entitled, in the customary and popular sense, to speak of our term of service as “Four years under Lee.”
Personal recollections by Robert Stiles, an artillery officer, concerning Robert Edward Lee (1807 – 1870), a career United States Army officer, a combat engineer, and among the most celebrated generals in American history.
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