Tell Hill he must come up ... Strike the tent.

 

Tell Hill he must come up ... Strike the tent.
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Reported as his last words. There are suggestions that Lee's autobiographer, Douglas Southall Freeman embellished Lee's final moments; as Lee suffered a stroke on September 28, 1870. Dying two weeks later, on October 12, 1870, shortly after 9 a.m. from the effects of pneumonia. Lee's stroke had resulted in aphasia, rendering him unable to speak. When interviewed the four attending physicians and family stated "he had not spoken since 28 September...".
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On the contrary, Lee's last words were quoted in an AP story at the time of his death. Lee's physicians apparently referred to coherent speech as opposed to delirious utterances.

 

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