One day during the Civil War, Lee and his army of Confederates were marching on a dirty road in Union territory. They passed a wounded Union soldier, who at the sight of Lee, yelled, “Long live the Union!” Confederates broke stride and aimed to shoot him, but Lee told them to hold their fire. Lee stepped out of the road and walked over to the Union solider. Quivering, the man though for sure he was going to die. But instead, Lee leaned over and grabbed his solider, and told him, “Get well, brother,” and walked away.