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 14 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
Department of Law and Equity Broadside
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0596
Scope and Contents
This broadside from the Department of Law and Equity is dated August 1, 1870. It was published in Lexington, Virginia.
Dates:
1870-08-01
Giles B. Cooke Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0191
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the following correspondence: Letter to Rev. Cooke from G. T. Bearnegan (1874) thanking Cooke for his journal with reference to Petersburg in 1866; letter to Mr. Cooke from U.A. Jackson (1895) asking Cooke for information about Stonewall Jackson for the republishing of U.A. Jackson's book; letter from Rev. Cooke to Mrs. H.B. Lee (1924) asking for information about an incident in the life of General Lee that was similar to the incident that took the life of Stonewall...
Dates:
1874 - 1929
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
John F. Swayne Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0292
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Swayne's personal papers from his time as a student at Washington College, including correspondence with E. C. Gordon and Mary F. Dickson, a subscription to the Southern Collegian, and two essays. One letter is a response from the clerk of the faculty to Swayne's notice of withdrawal from the college. One essay entitled 'A trip to House Mountain' was written in 1869; it details a trip made there in the summer of 1867. There is an accompanying...
Dates:
Inclusive 1867-1935; Majority of material found in Bulk 1867-1869
John Thomas Gregory Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0610
Scope and Contents
This collection contains biographical information and correspondence about John Thomas Gregory, of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States America, who was credited with saving Robert E. Lee's life at the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864.
Dates:
1897 - 1993
John W. Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0106
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a typescript of a speech delivered at Martinsburg, West Virginia (January 4, 1905); law license (1895); statements of assets (1904-1917); correspondence, and a legal document for the purchase of real estate (1898-1930).
Dates:
Inclusive 1895-1930
Lee Monument Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0532
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of 'Organization of the Lee Monument Association, and the Association of the Army of Northern Virginia, Richmond, Va., Nov. 3rd and 4th, 1870'. A second copy is cataloged under E547 .L47 in Special Collections Rare. The printed invitation to the unveiling of the Robert E. Lee statue on May 29, 1890 in Richmond, VA is also included, in two pieces.
Dates:
Inclusive 1870, 1890
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
