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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

 Person

Biography

Robert Edward Lee was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until its surrender in 1865.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

American Civil War

 File
Identifier: 1981.008.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This artificial collection was begun as a catch-all for small single gifts and purchases, and to make them easier for scholars to search them. This assemblage consists primarily of documents, correspondence, photographs, broadsides and artifacts, dealing mostly with United States history.

Dates: 1747 - 1985

Lee, Robert E.

 File
Identifier: 1981.008.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This artificial collection was begun as a catch-all for small single gifts and purchases, and to make them easier for scholars to search them. This assemblage consists primarily of documents, correspondence, photographs, broadsides and artifacts, dealing mostly with United States history.

Dates: 1747 - 1985

Letter from Robert E. Lee to Col. S. Cooper, Adjutant General's office, 1860-10-30

 File
Identifier: 1981.008.1
Scope and Contents

Robert E. Lee (written from the Headquarter at San Antonio, Texas) to Adjutant General's office, Col. S. Cooper. "...It will be seen that the available funds are not more than sufficient to last three or four months. With a view to dismiss the expenditures as much as possible, I have directed that all repairs and other work at the posts for which special appropriations have not been made, be suspended...." signed R.E. Lee, Bt. Col. Command. Dept.

Dates: 1860-10-30

Portrait of Lee, 1915-04-04

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.OVRSZ 1
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Robert E. Lee, featured with Ulysses S. Grant. Reprinted for The Supplement of the New York Times in commemoration of the golden anniversary of the end of the American Civil War, 9 April 1865-1915. On verso: brief biographies of both Lee and Grant.

Dates: Publication: 1915-04-04

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Confederate States of America -- History, Military 1
Confederate States of America -- Money 1
Military officers -- Confederate -- 1860-1870 1
Military officers -- Union -- 1850-1870 1
New York times 1