Papers, 1824-1918.

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Papers, 1824-1918.

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Chiefly correspondence, 1831-1870, between Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) and his wife, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee (1808-1873). Also included are letters exchanged between the Lees and Mrs. Lee's parents, George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857) and Mary Lee (Fitzhugh) Custis (1788-1853) of "Arlington," Arlington County, Va. Letters to and from the Lee children appear as each child came of age. Correspondence and several letterbooks document Lee's service with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Fortress Monroe, Va., Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Mo., Fort Hamilton, N.Y., Baltimore, Md., and in Texas and Mexico, and his tenure as superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., 1852-1855; his Civil War service as leader of Virginia's military forces and later the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia; and his post-war position as president of Washington College [now Washington and Lee University], Lexington, Va. The letters contain frequent mention of family and friends. The Lee's seven children are also represented, including George Washington Custis Lee (1832-1913), William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891), Robert Edward Lee (1843-1916), Mary Custis Lee (1835-1818), Anne Carter Lee (1839-1862), Eleanor "Agnes" Lee (1841-1873), and Mildred Childe Lee (1846-1905). Also included in the collection are a drawing of "Arlington," dated 1824; an album, 1854-1860, kept by Agnes Lee in part while attending the Virginia Female Institute in Staunton, Va.; and a scrapbook, 1898-1918, of Mary Custis Lee kept while traveling in Europe and Egypt.

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William "Rooney" Henry Fizhugh Lee (1837-1891) was a farmer, politician, soldier, and General in the Army of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Lee was the second son of the famous Civil War General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. ...

Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832-1913

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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1843-1914

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Custis, Mary Lee Fitzhugh, 1788-1853

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