Papers, 1861-1867.

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Papers, 1861-1867.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122395576

This accession consists of insignia and the commission of Joseph R. Anderson as brigadier general, as well as letters from Robert E. Lee. The later concern Anderson's war service, Washington Academy, and personal social matters.

7 leaves and 2 p.

Library of Virginia

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Library of Virginia

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Tredegar Company (Richmond, Va.).

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Anderson, Joseph R. (Joseph Reid), 1813-1892

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Joseph R. Anderson (1813-1892) was associated with the Tredegar Company, a major iron works and armorer in Richmond, Virginia. He was a Confederate brigadier general and friend of Robert E. Lee. From the description of Papers, 1861-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122395576 Native of Botetourt County, Virginia; graduate of West Point; associated with and owner of Tredegar Iron Works from 1841; served in the Confederate Army from 1861-1862, then was reassigned to keep the...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Washington and Lee University (Lexington, Va.).

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