general mahone troops arrived to provide a rearguard at precisely the moment of greatest aspiration and struggled to set the harrowing scene. harrowing teamsters, no wagons, retreating infantry without guns. many without hats. massive columns of the enemy moving orderly. lee duringained to the critical moment of the army. general lee straightened himself in the saddle. he exclaimed, as if talking to himself, my god, has the army dissolved? general,plied, no, curators ready to do their duty. lee said, yes general, there are some true men left. will you please keep those people back. as i was placing my division to keep those people back, the retiring herd crowded around general lee as he sat on his horse with a confederate battle flag in his hand. i requested him to give me the flag, which he did. this final scene became one of the most endearing memories for many soldiers from the entire appomattox campaign. it was one of the final moments where lee, the battlefield commander, connected with his soldiers. on three battlefields during the final year of the american civil war, general rob