Showing Records: 1 - 2 of 2
Notebook - William Allan's "Memoranda of a Conversation with Robert E. Lee", 1868-02-16 - 1870-02-19, 1886-11
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...
Dates:
1868-02-16 - 1870-02-19; 1886-11
Robert E. Lee to Winfield Scott, 1861-04-20
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000003921], Folder: 46
Abstract
Robert E. Lee resigns from the United States Army, attributing it to the necessity of protecting his home state.
Dates:
1861-04-20