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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870

 Person

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Stonewall Literary Society to Robert E. Lee, 1866-05-01

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 57
Scope and Contents

This letter by members of the Stonewall Literary Society is for Robert E. Lee. The society writes to Lee that they have decided to make him an honorary member for his actions during the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1866-05-01

Thomas L. Brown to Robert E. Lee, 1866-04-09

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 53
Scope and Contents

This letter accompanied a report by Brown of the Coal River Navigation Company which he hopes will take interest in minerals found in Virginia.

Dates: 1866-04-09

Thomas T. Munford to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-18

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents

This letter was written by Thomas Munford for Robert E. Lee. Having learned that R. E. Lee is planning to write a war memoir, Munford writes to Lee to correct information within the offical Confederate report of the cavalry battle at Aldie, Virginia in 1863.

Dates: 1866-03-18

W. H. Nettleton to Robert E. Lee, 1866-05-11

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 59
Scope and Contents

This letter by W. H. Nettleton is addressed to Robert E. Lee. Nettleton, an Englishman having traveled the county over the past year, writes that he would like a hand-written line or two from Lee as a souvenir of this trip.

Dates: 1866-05-11

William C. Folkes to Robert E. Lee, 1866-03-17

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents

This is a letter from William C. Folkes to Robert E. Lee. He has sent a list of Battle Reports from the Confederate States of America (CSA). Along with the letter is a yellow piece of paper listing the battles recognized by the CSA.

Dates: 1866-03-17

Wilmer McLean to Robert E. Lee, 1866-04-02

 Item — Box 7A, Folder: 51
Scope and Contents

Wilmer McLean asks Lee if he would visit Appomattox (Va.) to have a photograph of him taken in the room where he surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant.

Dates: 1866-04-02

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 30
Collection 1
 
Subject
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) 15
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.) 2
Autographs 2
Publishing 2
Battle of Aldie (Virginia : 1863) 1