Robert E. Lee papers, 1845-1985; (bulk, 1845-1870).

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Robert E. Lee papers, 1845-1985; (bulk, 1845-1870).

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Chiefly Civil War correspondence; including letters, 20 May 1861, to Gen. [Milledge Luke] Bonham, requesting him to locate Col. Blanchard and change his destination from Harper's Ferry to Norfolk, Va.; 5 Nov. 1861, Richmond, Va., to C.W. Coker and T.M.S. Rhett, accepting membership in the Euphradian Society of South Carolina College; and letter, 3 Dec. 1861, to a committee of citizens at Beaufort, stating his reasons for not establishing military law. Typescript copy of letter, 18 Dec. 1862, Fredericksburg, [Va.], to Gov. [F.W.] Pickens, re death of Gen. Maxcy Gregg; and letter, 5 Nov. 1864, Col. M.L. Stansel, "Pres[iden]t of Court," and others, to Col. W.H. Taylor, requesting suspension of death sentence for desertion imposed by the court on James R. Mumford and Evander Grooms of Co. D, 26th South Carolina Regiment, "until the Executive can consider their cases ..." Other desertion materials forwarded with request, 5 Nov. 1864, include request of J[oshua] H[ilary] Hudson for John Rogers of Co. P, to Gen. W[illiam] H[enry] Wallace, to Gen. B[ushhrod] R[ust] Johnson, to Robert E. Lee and containing his signed note: "I concur in the opinon ... & regret that I see no grounds to justify any interference with the Sentence of the Court." Post-war materials include letters, 22 Nov. 1865, replying to a request for something he wore during the war; 26 June 1869 and 18 June 1870, Washington College [later Washington and Lee University], Lexington, Va., to [Martha Gregg] McIntosh, informing her of the commendation of her son Murray for "distinguished industry and success in his studies." Undated invitation requesting "the pleasure of Mr. McIntosh's society to tea"; and 2 printed manuscripts, 19 Jan. and 26 April 1907, Charleston, S.C., program of the 100th anniversary of Lee's birth and poem, sponsored by United Confederate Veterans, The Sons of Veterans, The Daughters of the Confederacy, The Ladies Memorial Association, The Military and the Citizens of Charleston.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina. Euphradian Society.

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Rhett, T. M. S.

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Gregg, Maxcy, 1814-1862

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Lawyer and soldier of Columbia, S.C.; attended South Carolina College; admitted to the bar, 1839; served as an officer in U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War and as Brigadier-General in Confederate States Army; delegate, 1860, from Richland District, S.C. at S.C. Secession convention; killed, Dec. 1862, at the Battle of Fredericksburg; son of James and Cornelia Maxcy Gregg. From the description of Maxcy Gregg papers, 1835-1888. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id...

Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869

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Pickens was a congressman from South Carolina and later governor of that state. From the description of Francis Wilkinson Pickens letters from various correspondents, 1832-1834. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612796541 From the guide to the Francis Wilkinson Pickens letters from various correspondents, 1832-1834., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Congressman and governor of South Carolina. From the description of...

Taylor, Walter Herron, 1838-1916

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Confederate army officer and banker of Norfolk, Va. From the description of Walter Herron Taylor correspondence, 1864 June 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980575 Col. Walter Heron Taylor (1838-1916) from Norfolk, Virginia, wrote several books about Robert E. Lee (1807-1870). From the description of Col. Walter H. Taylor papers, 1810-1916 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122539267 ...

McIntosh, Martha Gregg

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Ladies' Memorial Association (Charleston, S.C.)

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United daughters of the Confederacy

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The Southern Cross of Honor award, which later became the Cross of Military Service, originated on Oct. 13, 1862 as an act of the Confederate Congress to recognize the courage and good conduct of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the Confederate army. However, due to wartime shortages, the medals were not made, but the recipients' names were recorded in an Honor Roll for future reference. The cross's design was created by Mrs. Alexander S. Erwin in July 1898. It featured a cros...

Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 26th.

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Stansel, M. L.

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Coker, C. W.

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Johnson, Bushrod Rust, 1817-1880

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Bonham, Milledge L. (Milledge Luke), 1813-1890

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Governor of South Carolina, 1863-1865; from Columbia, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1861-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276836 Governor of S.C.; Confederate Army officer; native of Edgefield District, S.C. From the description of Letter, 1863 Oct. 2 (Columbia, S.C.) to Col. J[ames] W[ashington] Harrison. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 704556374 Lawyer, Confederate Army officer, S.C. Governor, S.C. Repre...

Mumford, James Earl

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Washington and Lee University. University Library

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Rogers, John Garwood, 1864-1932

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United Confederate Veterans

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Organized 1889. From the description of United Confederate Veterans scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172561 Henry Stewart formed a company nicknamed the "Hamilton Blues" for the Confederacy during the Civil War. After the war, this Florida native was elected as Camp Commander and namesake for Fort Stewart of the United Confederate Veterans located in Jasper, Florida. The organization was designed to orchestrate memorials to Confederate veterans and support...

Hudson, Joshua Hilary, 1832-

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McIntosh, Murray.

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Sons of Veterans.

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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 ...

Wallace, William A. (William Andrew), 1827-1896

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William A. Wallace was a merchant in New York City from the late 1700s to the early 1800s. He was a partner of Nicholas Low (1739-1826) in the mercantile firm Low and Wallace. From the guide to the William A. Wallace papers, 1808-1815, 1809-1810, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Grooms, Evander

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