Recollections of West Point and miscellaneous items pertaining to Thomas L. Snead [manuscript], 1874-1907.

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Recollections of West Point and miscellaneous items pertaining to Thomas L. Snead [manuscript], 1874-1907.

Bailey's recollections contain impressions of Robert E. Lee as superintendent. The collection also contains a letter from J. A. Chamblin, one of Lee's chaplains, to Alexander H. Ross, regarding Lee and causes of the war,1907. Additional items include correspondence of Thomas L. Snead regarding his book "The Fight for Missouri" and his United States passport, 1874.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7931474

University of Virginia. Library

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Chamblin, J. A.,

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Peyton, Green, d. 1897.

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Bailey, William Whitman, 1843-1914

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William Whitman Bailey (1843-1914) held the position of botanist on the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel in 1867. Due to ill health, he was replaced in 1877 by Sereno Watson. Bailey went on to teach botany at Brown University becoming Professor of Botany in 1881. He retired in 1906. From the description of William Whitman Bailey papers 1867-1904. (New York Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 47060036 From the description of William Whitman Bai...

Bailey, William Whitman, 1843-1914

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William Whitman Bailey (1843-1914) held the position of botanist on the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel in 1867. Due to ill health, he was replaced in 1877 by Sereno Watson. Bailey went on to teach botany at Brown University becoming Professor of Botany in 1881. He retired in 1906. From the description of William Whitman Bailey papers 1867-1904. (New York Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 47060036 From the description of William Whitman Bai...

Snead, Thomas L. (Thomas Lowndes), 1828-1890

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County official and state representative from Johnston Co., N.C. From the description of Papers, 1856-1871. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40761600 "Col. Thomas Lowndes Snead... was born in Henrico County, Va., Jan. 10, 1828. He was graduated from Richmond College in 1846 and the University of Virginia in 1848, and afterward studied law. He moved to St. Louis in 1850... In 1861 Mr. Snead was appointed aide de camp of Gen. Claiborne F. Jackson... ...

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 ...