Letter, 1864 May 7 [to "Jeb" Stuart, Cavalry Commander, Army of Northern Virginia].

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Letter, 1864 May 7 [to "Jeb" Stuart, Cavalry Commander, Army of Northern Virginia].

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Holograph letter in pencil, signed, from the nephew of Robert E. Lee sent from Todd's Tavern, "Headquarters, Lee's Cavalry Division", explaining his own position on the morning after the Wilderness battle, as they move toward the Spotsylvania Campaign, and reporting on the enemy's position. Written four days before Stuart was mortally wounded.

1 item (1 leaf) ; 13 cm.

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Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864

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James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart, soldier, was born 6 February 1833, on "Laurel Hill" plantation, Patrick County, Virginia. He died 12 May 1864 and is buried in Richmond, Virginia. Stuart graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (1850); received his commission (1854); and transferred to the Cavalry (1855). He married Flora Cooke, a colonel's daughter, in 1855, and the couple had three children. Stuart became Robert E. Lee's aide (1859) and resigned from the U.S. Army to be commissioned a lieutenan...

Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

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