J. Rainey correspondence, 1868-1870.

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J. Rainey correspondence, 1868-1870.

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ALsS (1868 February 27-1870 June 7) from Rainey while a student at Washington College, Lexington, Va., to his brother and sister. Rainey mentions Generals John C. Breckinridge, Robert E. Lee, William Nelson Pendleton, and F.H. Smith; African Americans in Virginia; the area around Lexington, Va.; and personal and family matters. In his letter of April 2, 1870, Rainey notes that General Lee is in poor health.

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Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875

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John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and served in the U.S. Senate during the outbreak of the American Civil War, but was expelled after joining the Confederate Army. He was appointed Confederate secretary of war in 1865. Breckinrid...

Smith, F. Harold (Frederick Harold), 1888-

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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 ...

Rainey family.

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Rainey, J., active 1868-1870

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College student. From the description of J. Rainey correspondence, 1868-1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774871798 ...

Washington College (Lexington, Va.)

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Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883

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Confederate officer and Episcopal minister. From the description of Papers, 1861-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019460 William Nelson Pendleton (1809-1883) was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, an Episcopal clergyman and schoolmaster in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, a Confederate brigadier general, serving under Joseph E. Johnston and Robert E. Lee, and rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Lexington, Va., 1853-1883. He married Anz...