Letter to the Rev. Philip Slaughter [manuscript], 1865 August 31.

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Letter to the Rev. Philip Slaughter [manuscript], 1865 August 31.

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Lee notes that Slaughter's "young kinsmen....deserve the approbation of those with whom they have served, & I wish them every success in the world. My advice to all of our young men is to adhere to their states & friends, & aid both in the restoration of the Country."

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Slaughter, Philip, 1808-1890

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Rev. Philip Slaughter (1808-1890), Episcopalian clergyman, historian, and author. He was associate editor of the Southern Churchman, pastor of Emmanuel Church in Culpeper County, and historiographer of the diocese of Virginia. He was author of many religious and historical publications, including "Life of Hon. William Green, jurist and scholar" (1883) and "The Colonial church of Virginia" (1885). From the description of Letters from Philip Slaughter to R. A. Brock, 1875-1894. (Huntin...

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 ...