Articles regarding Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, [19--?].

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Articles regarding Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, [19--?].

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Two articles by W. T. Scanlan about Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee respectively. Scanlan also gives his views on the causes of the Civil War. Also included is a revised version of the article about Robert E. Lee. The articles were collected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee Chapter of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

0.1 cu. ft. (1 folder containing 3 items, in partial box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Scanlan, W. T.

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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 ...