Letter : to Robert E. Lee, 1864 June 25.

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Letter : to Robert E. Lee, 1864 June 25.

Letter from Farinholt to Lee concerning the Battle of Staunton River Bridge in 1864, as well as a response from Lee in which he congratulates Farinholt on his victory. Also included is a photograph of Farinholt, and transcriptions of the two letters.

4 leaves, 4 photographs.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6755308

Library of Virginia

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United States. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 1st. Reserves.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 53rd

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Farinholt, Benjamin Lyons, 1838-1919.

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Captain in the 53rd Virginia Infantry, later Colonel and commander in the 1st Regiment, Virginia Reserves. From the description of Letter : to Robert E. Lee, 1864 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122539236 ...

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 ...