Letters to the Misses Betty P. and M. Louise Cocke [manuscript], 1930-1938.

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Letters to the Misses Betty P. and M. Louise Cocke [manuscript], 1930-1938.

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Freeman writes to the Misses Cocke re: Civil War letters and manuscripts of their grandfather, Philip St. George Cocke, to be used in researching his books, "R.E. Lee, a biography," and "Lee's lieutenants, a study in command." Freeman mentions his belief that Cocke was "largely responsible for the plan of operations that led to the great victory at First Manassas."

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Cocke, Philip St. George, 1809-1861

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Agriculturist and Confederate officer. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George cocke [manuscript] 1829-71. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647966449 Virginia planter, Confederate general. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript], 1848-1850. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823315 From the description of Letters from his wife, son, and daughter [manuscript] 1849-1856. (University of V...

Cocke, M. Louise,

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Eckenrode, H. J. (Hamilton James), 1881-

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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 ...

Cocke, Betty Page, 1872-1973,

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Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953

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Newspaper editor and historian. From the description of Letter to Charles Lee Lewis, 1943 August 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53180098 Freeman was a Richmond, Virginia journalist and historian who wrote the definitive biography of Robert E. Lee. From the description of Letters, 1934 July 14 and 1936 July 25 : to Miss Helen Webster. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 567435277 Editor of the Richomd News Leader. ...