The R.E. and G.W.C. Lee papers, 1847-1865.

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The R.E. and G.W.C. Lee papers, 1847-1865.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, holograph, songs, general orders. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Mexican War; Civil War -- Eastern Theater. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: Headquarters, Army of Mexico; Army of Northern Virginia. General description of the collection: The R.E. and G.W.C. Lee papers include general officer's papers; miscellaneous primary and secondary papers relating to Robert E. Lee and his son, George Washington Custis Lee; letter from R.E. Lee to John Mackey discussing his service in Mexico; letter from Lee directing deployment to Ewell's II Corps; General Order #9, Lee's surrender note and amnesty request to Johnson; and photo (Lee, Lee and Taylor).

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Lee, George Washington, 1815-1874

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Confederate States of America. Army. Corps, II.

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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 ...