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Robert Lee to William Fitzhugh (Rooney) Lee Discussing the Latter's Impending Adulthood, 2 June 1853

出版	1853
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ZDFM0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Personal letter to his son concerning his approaching manhood. Lee asks if he will be ready to meet its demands. He advises him that he has the means to educate and support his children but that Rooney Lee should select his own course. He uses Rooney's older brother George Washington Custis Lee as an example to follow. Lee discusses Rooney's chances of getting into West Point, and is doubtful that he will get an appointment. Lee indicates that he may be denied for medical reasons because of a childhood injury that resulted in the loss of part of his fingers. Lee's letter stresses discipline, education, and duty but also shows tenderness and affection for his son. Written as Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, with an initialed postscript. William Fitzhugh (Rooney) Lee was not accepted to West Point, attended Harvard briefly, then joined the army and fought in the Civil War.