Samuel Phillips Lee Papers 1860-1869 (bulk 1861-1865)

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Samuel Phillips Lee Papers 1860-1869 (bulk 1861-1865)

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Naval officer. Correspondence, logbook abstracts, reports, lists, memoranda, requisition orders, and printed material relating to the naval activities of the Union forces in the Civil War and pertaining chiefly to Lee's service commanding the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and the Mississippi Squadron.

19,000 items; 65 containers; 26 linear feet

eng,

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6357376

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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