Lee, Robert E., General (Robert Edward)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1807-1870
President, W&L, 1865-1870. C. in C. Confederate armies, 1865. See Douglas Southall Freeman, R. E. Lee, 4 vls., 1934-35.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Demosthenian Society of Roanoke to Robert E. Lee, 1866-02-28
Item — Box: 7A, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents
This letter was written on behalf of the Demosthenian Society of Roanoke College from Salem, Virginia on February 28, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. The society writes to inform Lee that he has been elected to be an honorary member of the society.
Dates:
1866-02-28
History - U.D.C. (United Daughters of the Confederacy)
File — Container: RHS Collection #0078, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
This file consists of an undated manuscript entitled "Historic Lexington," which inlcudes photos of Lexington's confederate monuments and historic markers. Also includes captioning with basic historical information on the sites depicted in the photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1818 - 1991
Lee: The Background of a Great Decision. August 1865, 1934
Item
Scope and Contents
An address by President Gaines to the officers and directors of The Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation.
Dates:
1934
Notebook - William Allan's "Memoranda of a Conversation with Robert E. Lee", 1868-02-16 - 1870-02-19
File — Box: 13, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Between February 1868 and February 1870 Washington College professor and former Confederate Ordinance officer, William Allan, had five conversations with college president Robert E. Lee which he manually recorded in this memo book which he titled “Conversations with Gen. R. E. Lee”. Soon after each conversation, Allan described retreating to his office to record the highlights. In 1886, former Washington College Clerk of faculty and Librarian, Edward Clifford "E.C." Gordon shared with Allan,...
Dates:
1868-02-16 - 1870-02-19; 1886-11
Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, 1862-11-06
File — Box: 1, Folder: 69
Overview
Robert E. Lee discusses strategy before the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Dates:
1862-11-06
