Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Robert E. Lee papers, 1845-1985; (bulk, 1845-1870).
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Robert E. Lee papers, 1845-1985; (bulk, 1845-1870).
Chiefly Civil War correspondence; including letters, 20 May 1861, to Gen. [Milledge Luke] Bonham, requesting him to locate Col. Blanchard and change his destination from Harper's Ferry to Norfolk, Va.; 5 Nov. 1861, Richmond, Va., to C.W. Coker and T.M.S. Rhett, accepting membership in the Euphradian Society of South Carolina College; and letter, 3 Dec. 1861, to a committee of citizens at Beaufort, stating his reasons for not establishing military law. Typescript copy of letter, 18 Dec. 1862, Fredericksburg, [Va.], to Gov. [F.W.] Pickens, re death of Gen. Maxcy Gregg; and letter, 5 Nov. 1864, Col. M.L. Stansel, "Pres[iden]t of Court," and others, to Col. W.H. Taylor, requesting suspension of death sentence for desertion imposed by the court on James R. Mumford and Evander Grooms of Co. D, 26th South Carolina Regiment, "until the Executive can consider their cases ..." Other desertion materials forwarded with request, 5 Nov. 1864, include request of J[oshua] H[ilary] Hudson for John Rogers of Co. P, to Gen. W[illiam] H[enry] Wallace, to Gen. B[ushhrod] R[ust] Johnson, to Robert E. Lee and containing his signed note: "I concur in the opinon ... & regret that I see no grounds to justify any interference with the Sentence of the Court." Post-war materials include letters, 22 Nov. 1865, replying to a request for something he wore during the war; 26 June 1869 and 18 June 1870, Washington College [later Washington and Lee University], Lexington, Va., to [Martha Gregg] McIntosh, informing her of the commendation of her son Murray for "distinguished industry and success in his studies." Undated invitation requesting "the pleasure of Mr. McIntosh's society to tea"; and 2 printed manuscripts, 19 Jan. and 26 April 1907, Charleston, S.C., program of the 100th anniversary of Lee's birth and poem, sponsored by United Confederate Veterans, The Sons of Veterans, The Daughters of the Confederacy, The Ladies Memorial Association, The Military and the Citizens of Charleston.
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