Henry B. McClellan papers, 1880-1885.

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Henry B. McClellan papers, 1880-1885.

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Contains the following type of materials: correspondence. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time periods: Civil War -- General; 1865-1897. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: Cavalry Division, Cavalry Corps; Army of Northern Virginia. eneral description of the collection: The Henry B. McClellan papers include copies of the postwar correspondence between Major McClellan and former Confederate Major-General Fitzhugh Lee and the relatives of former Confederate major Channing Price. The topics of the correspondence include the Civil War, particularly as it related to those three officers and to their service under "Jeb" Stuart. The letters also deal with McClellan's quest for source material for his projected book on Stuart's cavalry.

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Price, Channing.

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Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

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Fitzhugh Lee, grandson of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" and nephew of Robert E. Lee was Major General of the Confederate Army. After the war, he wrote about and taught the history of the South during the Civil War and wrote a biography of Robert E. Lee. In 1885-1889, he served as governor of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Fitzhugh Lee, 1863-1889 (bulk 1885-1889). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122446276 Fitzhugh Le...

McClellan, H. B.

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Henry B. McClellan was a United States (U.S.) Civil War soldier who was a major, chief-of-staff in the Cavalry Division and Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. From the description of Henry B. McClellan papers, 1880-1885. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 48039058 ...

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...