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Can You Name This
Famous Virginian?
Hi.' was hohn in Cherry Glove, Virginia.
Hr ra- an American soldier, and Confcdei ate gen*-s a!.
in 1 c.;i I;, tri ai! .iivt'd frum \V-vt. Point. U->' .-rt K Lee was a A a. - -it,ate.
in 1 v 55 lie heeani1 va-ii'.’i of t' r F; r-t IV. ed "ta. < 'aval ry.
! ’ l.xiii) if \\ a s rjwarte 1 master yenn a 1 of t hr army.
He w as c omi’.is.-ioned a brigailier general hy the Confederate Piesident a* the beginning of the war of seevssjon.
He was rai-ed a'lim-t immediately to the rank of major generai.
He was assigned'to a command in the Army of the Shenandoah, and took an active part in the first Hattie of Bull Run.
He was wounded at the Battle of Fair Oak= on May 31. IS'',2.
In 1X65 he commanded the Carolina Confederate forces.
On Api il 2'i he surrendered to S.iei man.
In 1SST he uui appointed Commissioner of Railroads by President Cleveland.
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Last week's famous Virginian was Richard Henry Lee.
Basketball games
The Sperryville High School girls' and boys' teams played host to the Town teams on Friday evening, January 6. The girls' game ended in a tie, they played another quarter and the girlM town team won 24 to 20. The hoys game started at 8:30 and the town boys won with a score of 38-18.
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The Sperryville boys’ and girls’ teams will play the Marshall H. S. hoys and girls on Friday, Jan. 13, at Sperryville, the admission will he 25c and 35c. Game time at 7 :30.
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